‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, Nov 3 1855’

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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 September 1855, Numbers 52-54) 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. (3 October 1855, Numbers 60-61). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.

The section from the President in Council (folios 83-87r) discusses an attack on the Kokan Pass by the Aka Kheil [Aka Khel] of the Afreedees [Afridi], the departure of the Kokan Envoy from Peshawar, the progress of the Government of India's diplomatic mission to Ava, and provides updates from Afghanistan.

The dispatches from Bombay (87v-92) discuss a proposal to withdraw troops from Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , arrangements for peace between the Oulaki and Foutheli, a proposal to send Indian Cavalry to Aden for policing purposes, the policy towards slave ships arriving at Aden, and the blockade of the coastline of the Habr Owel tribe for the alleged murder of officers of the Somali Expedition.

Extent and format

1 item (10 folios)

It is part of

Summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India and the Government of Bombay

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Ref: Mss Eur F231/26

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

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 F231/26, ff 83-92

History of this record

Date(s)

3 Nov 1855 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

SecurityDiplomacyPolice

Places

Turkish Arabia

People & organisations

Chief CommissionerGovernment of Bombay, Political DepartmentPresident and Governor of Bombay in Council

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