British Military Expedition to Persia [Iran]

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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 53 of 1856, dated 22 October 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-12 and are dated 16 September to 4 October 1856.

They consist of correspondence relating to the British force being prepared for service in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , for the proposed occupation of Karrack [Kharg Island] and the district of Bushire [Bushehr].

The correspondents are the following: the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department; the Officiating Superintendent of Marine; the Secretary to 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. in the Military Department; and the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

Extent and format

1 item (13 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA’, Vol 148

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/229

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

IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 85-97

Former external reference(s)

No. 53 of 1856

History of this record

Date(s)

22 Oct 1856 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Military operationsWar (concept)Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857)

Places

Persia

People & organisations

Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation CompanyGovernment of Bombay, Secretary to the Military and Naval Department

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British Military Expedition to Persia [Iran], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 85-97, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100152608251.0x00000c> [accessed 8 July 2026]

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