Operations against Abyssinian Rebels in Tigre
IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 85-86
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1861. 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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Enclosure no. 3 to dispatch no. 3 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 February 1861. The enclosure is dated 1861. Received 8 March 1861.
The enclosure consists of a letter from Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant 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. , Aden, concerning operations by King Theodore [Emperor Tewodros II] against rebels in Tigre [Tigray], Abyssinia [Ethiopia].
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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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- IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 85-86
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- No. 3
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- 12 Feb 1861 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 85-86
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- Operations against Abyssinian Rebels in Tigre
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- 85r:86v
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