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Letter from Major Rawlinson at Candahar to George William Anderson, Acting Governor of Bombay [351v] (16/18)
The record is made up of 1 item (7 folios). It was created in 25 May 1841-2 Aug 1841. 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 copy of a letter from Major J[?] C [most likely Henry Creswicke] Rawlinson at Candahar [Kandahar] to George William Anderson, acting Governor of Bombay, dated 25 May 1841, enclosed in a letter from 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. , John Pollard Willoughby, to the Chairman, received via Marseilles on 2 August 1841. The letter discusses the state of affairs in Afghanistan, and relations between Herat and Persia [Iran].
The item includes a note on folio 352 stating that the enclosures to Bombay Secret Letter No. 55, dated 12 July 1841, are not included in the Collection (volume).
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- IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 344-352
- Title
- Letter from Major Rawlinson at Candahar to George William Anderson, Acting Governor of Bombay
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- 344r:352v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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