‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 16.1855’ [‎77v] (2/28)

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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (8 March 1855, Numbers 18-19) 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. (19 March 1855, Numbers 20-25). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.

The letters from the President in Council (folios 77-84) are largely concerned with an envoy from the Khanate of Kokan. They consider whether a gift (or a loan) should be given to the envoy to cover his return expenses, whether a surveyor should accompany him, and whether volunteers from Indian regiments should be permitted to serve in Kokan. It also includes a short update from Cabool [Kabul].

The section from Bombay (folios 85-90) includes a number of brief updates on Persia, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and 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. . The main focus is however on policy at Aden: whether an Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. should be establish at the Somali Port of Berbera, and the line to be taken with the Foutheli Chief – as a result of his attempt to stop traffic to Aden – in support of the Chief of Lahedge.

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