Summaries of official secret dispatches from the Governor General of India, Sir James Outram, Charles Augustus Murray, the Government of Bombay, and others
Summaries of official secret dispatches from the Governor General of India, Sir James Outram, Charles Augustus Murray, the Government of Bombay, and others
Summaries of official secret dispatches from the Governor General of India, Sir James Outram, Charles Augustus Murray, the Government of Bombay, and others
Date:
1857/1857
Description:
Abstract: The file consists of summaries of official secret dispatches from Governor General of India in Council, Sir James Outram (in command of the British army in the Anglo-Persian War), Charles Augustus Murray (HM Minister to Persia), the Government of Bombay, and others. The summaries relate to Aden, China, Sind, Punjab, Afghanistan, Judda [Jeddah], the Kooria Mooria [Kuria Muria or Khuriya Muriya] islands, Baghdad, and Sarawak, including reports on the British Expedition against Persia [the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-1857], and the Indian Mutiny of 1857 [Uprising or Rebellion].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 109; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.