Herat Affairs [‎126r] (11/16)

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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from 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. Secret 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 31 of 1856, dated 28 April 1856. The enclosures are dated 16-23 April 1856.

The item consists of translations of two letters (ff 124-126) addressed by Mahomed Yusoof [Muḥammad Yūsuf, also spelled Yussuff in this item], Ruler of Herat, to the British Government. In the letters Mahomed Yusoof: requests British assistance against the attack on Herat by the Persian [Iranian] Army; declares himself and all the Afghan and Persian inhabitants of Herat to be ‘servants of the British Government’ (f 126); and states that he has hoisted the British flag in the town.

Also included in the item are: a covering letter from Captain William Lockyer Merewether, Acting Political Superintendent on the Frontier of Upper Sind [Sindh] who, having received them from a messenger sent by the Khan of Kelat’s [Kalat] minister, forwards them to Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Acting Commissioner in Sind; the covering letter by Jacob who forwards them to the Governor and President in Council, Bombay; and a Resolution of the Board, Bombay, for the letters to be forwarded to the Government of India.

Jacob informs 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. that he has sent a reply indicating the British Government ‘has at present no intention of interfering with proceedings at Herat’ (f 122).

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