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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 14 Nov 1855. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a Government circular relating to the fall of Sebastapool [Sevastopol]. The printed copy of the circular (no.3359 of 1855), dated 13 November 1855, draws attention to a copy of a letter, included on the same printed page as the circular, from F Courtenay, Private Secretary to the Governor General, to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , dated 6 November 1855. Courtenay’s letter announces the fall of Sevastopol, requesting that a proclamation (enclosed with the original letter) be printed and published as widely as possible in English and any vernacular languages. Notes in the margins of Anderson’s letter indicate that the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. received 500 copies of the Proclamation in Persian, 200 in Arabic, and 100 in English.

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2 folios
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English in Latin script
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Letter

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British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 180-181

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14 Nov 1855 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter no.4672 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 180-181, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024052050.0x00003f> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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