Author
Chief Commissioner (correspondent) | Government of Bombay, Political Department (correspondent) | Political Resident, Aden (correspondent)
Publication Date
1856/1856
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Diplomacy | Military operations | more | less
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
14
Physical Dimensions
1 item (14 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100049910343.0x00000c_ar | 81055/vdc_100049910343.0x00000c_en | Mss Eur F231/28, ff 23-36
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100049910343.0x00000c_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1856/1856
Notes
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (17 May 1856, Number 22) and the Government of Bombay (27 May 1856, Numbers 39-40). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatch from the Governor General (folios 23-34) is concerned with the advancement of Persian forces against Herat, and appeals for assistance to the British authorities in India and Dost Mahomed [Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan]. The dispatch includes translated transcripts of letters sent between from Mahomed Yoosoof [Mohammad Yusuf Khan, Regent of Herat], Dost Mahomed, the Chief Commissioner for Punjab (John Laird Mair Lawrence), and the Governor General of India (James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie).The section from Bombay (folios 35-36) consists of a report of the advancement of Persian forces towards Herat, the deployment of Indian naval vessels in the Persian Gulf, and proposed terms by Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan (Political Resident at Aden) for the raising of the blockade of Berbera. | 1 item (14 folios) | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
