‘Secret Letters received Dec.1.1856 by way of Marseilles’
Mss Eur F231/29, ff 108-119
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The record is made up of 1 item (12 folios). It was created in 1 Dec 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 October 1856, Number 51-54) 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. (1 and 3 November 1856, Numbers 82-86). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The letters from the Governor General (folios 108-115) are concerned with the establishment of ‘Hindustan fanatics’ in Punjtar [Panjtar], the supply of arms and finance for Ameer Dost Mahomed [Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan], and discuss the question of whether Colonel John Jacobs (Acting Commissioner in Sind) should be put in direct communication with the Ameer. It also covers a report from Colonel Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (Commissioner in Peshawar) of an interview held with envoys from Herat, and his views respecting the non-viability of an independent Herat. Dost Mahomed's dismissal of a Persian envoy at Cabool [Kabul] and his reasons for returning to Cabool are also discussed.
The section from Bombay (folios 116-119) reports preparations for a military expedition against Persia, arrangements for a declaration of war against Persia by the Government of India, and arrangements for the delivery of arms and finance to aid Dost Mahomed.
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- Mss Eur F231/29, ff 108-119
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- ‘Secret Letters received Dec.1.1856 by way of Marseilles’
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- 113v:114r
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- Bārakzay, Dōst Moḥammad Khān
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- Mss Eur F231/29, ff 108-119
- Title
- ‘Secret Letters received Dec.1.1856 by way of Marseilles’
- Pages
- 108r:113r, 114v:119v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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