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‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, March 2 1855’ [13r] (25/36)
The record is made up of 1 item (18 folios). It was created in 2 Mar 1855. 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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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 January 1855, Numbers 4-6) 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. (31 January, Numbers 11-13). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The subject matter of the letters from the Governor General (folios 1-16) includes the following: alleged Russian aggression towards the Khanate of Kokan, reports of a partnership between Persia and Russia, Persian policy towards Afghanistan, overtures towards the British from Mahomed Shah Khan (Chief of the Ghilzyes), and possible British assistance towards Kokan.
The section from Bombay consists of two folios only (folios 17-18). The main subject matter is the claims of the Wahhabi Chief to authority over the maritime chiefs of Oman, and possible action that might be required of Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in response.
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- Mss Eur F231/25, ff 1-18
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- ‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, March 2 1855’
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- 1r:1v, 6v:18v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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