‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 2 1855’ [22v] (12/16)
The record is made up of 1 item (8 folios). It was created in 2 August 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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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (14 June 1855, Number 4), the President in Council (16 June 1855, Numbers 36-37) 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. (26 June 1855, Numbers 46-47). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The letter from the Governor General (folio 17) relates to whether the Government of India has the right to confiscate the property of the Ex Nala Thanee Jhunda Kour [Maharani Jind Kaur], and the referral of this question back to England.
The section from the President in Council (folios 16v-19r) reports on the progress of the Nepalese army in its invasion of Thibet [Tibet].
The dispatches from Bombay – folios 19-24 – focus on Aden; in particular, the question of the line to be taken with the officers of the Assaye as a result of a complaint made by 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), and whether the offer of an alliance against the Foutheli made by Sultan Manafair of the Oulaki should be accepted.
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- Mss Eur F231/26, ff 17-24
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- ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 2 1855’
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- 17r:24v
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