‘Secret Letters received April 28.1856 by way of Marseilles’
Mss Eur F231/27, ff 105-112
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The record is made up of 1 item (8 folios). It was created in 28 Apr 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 (22 March 1856, Numbers 12-13) 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. (29 and 31 March and 2 April 1856, Numbers 21-24). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The despatches from the Governor General (folios 105-108r) are concerned with the return of troops from the Hungoo [Hangu] Frontier, the Government of India's policy respecting grants of asylum to individuals fleeing for their lives, and the terms established as a basis for peace between Thibet [Tibet] and Nepal.
The section from Bombay (folios 108v-112) includes the recommendations of HM Minster to Persia (Charles Augustus Murray) for a severe military demonstration against Persia, the surrender of individuals of the Habr Owel tribe involved in an attack on Lieutenants Burton and Strogan, papers related to the slave trade between East Africa and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the despatch of ships from Bombay to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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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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- 28 Apr 1856 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F231/27, ff 105-112
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- ‘Secret Letters received April 28.1856 by way of Marseilles’
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- 105r:112v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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