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‘Secret Letters received, June 30.1856, as to Herat’ [30v] (16/28)
The record is made up of 1 item (14 folios). It was created in 30 Jun 1856. 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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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (17 May 1856, Number 22) and 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. (27 May 1856, Numbers 39-40). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The despatch from the Governor General (folios 23-34) is concerned with the advancement of Persian forces against Herat, and appeals for assistance to the British authorities in India and Dost Mahomed [Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan]. The dispatch includes translated transcripts of letters sent between from Mahomed Yoosoof [Mohammad Yusuf Khan, Regent of Herat], Dost Mahomed, the Chief Commissioner for Punjab (John Laird Mair Lawrence), and the Governor General of India (James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie).
The section from Bombay (folios 35-36) consists of a report of the advancement of Persian forces towards Herat, the deployment of Indian naval vessels in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and proposed terms by Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan ( Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Aden) for the raising of the blockade of Berbera.
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- Mss Eur F231/28, ff 23-36
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- ‘Secret Letters received, June 30.1856, as to Herat’
- Pages
- 27v:31r
- Author
- Bārakzay, Dōst Moḥammad Khān
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