‘Secret Letters received July 14. 1857 via Marseilles’

Mss Eur F231/31, ff 100-101

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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 18 Jul 1857. 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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A summary of a letter from Sir James Outram to the Governor General of India (2 May 1857), regarding regiments being sent to India, and Outram’s intention to remove all the troops from Mohamra [Mohammerah, now Khorramshahr] and to place at Karrah and Bushire [Bushehr] all the troops not sent to India, and correspondence with the Persian Commander regarding the cessation of hostilities between Persia [Iran] and Great Britain.
Summaries of Letters to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), reporting the view of the Persian Commander that no formal armistice was necessary following the ratification of the Peace Treaty, and Outram’s announcement to the Persian Commander of his intention to remove the troops from Mohamra.

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Summaries of official secret dispatches from the Governor General of India, Sir James Outram, Charles Augustus Murray, the Government of Bombay, and others

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: Mss Eur F231/31, ff 100-101
Date(s): 18 Jul 1857 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Peace treaties
Places: Bushire
People & organisations: Commander of the Persian Expeditionary ForceSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsViceroy and Governor-General of India in Council

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Reference: Mss Eur F231/31, ff 100-101
Title: ‘Secret Letters received July 14. 1857 via Marseilles’
Pages: 100r:101v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Public Domain