‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, July 30.1856’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, July 30.1856’
- Date:
- 1856/1856
- Description:
- Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (30 July and 17 June 1856, Number 25) and the Government of Bombay (25-26 June 1856, Numbers 48-49). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the Governor General (folios 50-53r) consists of reports of disturbances in Pegu, suggestions of policy from the Chief Commissioner for Punjab for the ‘pacification of the Peshawar frontier’, and a question raised by the Amir of Afghanistan respecting the insertion of Candahar [Kandahar] into the provisions of the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of Friendship (1855).The section from Bombay (folios 53v-54) is primarily concerned with a complaint from Lieutenant Colonel John Jacob, Acting Commissioner for Sind, over limitations placed by Government on his ability to communicate with frontier chiefs.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Anglo-Afghan Treaty (1855)
Diplomacy
Military operations
King of Afghanistan - Geographic region:
- Pegu
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100049910343.0x000008_ar
81055/vdc_100049910343.0x000008_en
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 50-55
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 50-55