‘Secret Letters received March 20: 1855 by way of Marseilles’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Secret Letters received March 20: 1855 by way of Marseilles’
- Date:
- 1855/1855
- Description:
- Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 February, Numbers 7-13) and the Government of Bombay (16 February, Numbers 14-17 and 19-20). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The subject matter of the letters from the Governor General (folios 19-61) includes the following: criticism of the Government of India's Punjab Frontier Policy from Major John Jacob, Nepalese military preparations for an invasion of Thibet [Tibet], news from Burmah [Burma], discussion over whether the Government of India should intervene in a feud between Gulab Singh – the Maharaja of Cashmere [Kashmir] – and his nephew Jowahir Singh, and discussion over the line of policy the Government of India should take over a proposed treaty of friendship with Afghanistan.The section from Bombay consists of two folios only (folios 62-63). They consist of brief updates on Aden and the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 item (46 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Nepalese-Tibetan War (1855-1856)
Diplomacy
Frontiers
Treaties
Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
King of Afghanistan - Geographic region:
- Cashmere
Cabool - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100049910351.0x000007_ar
81055/vdc_100049910351.0x000007_en
Mss Eur F231/25, ff 19-64
Mss Eur F231/25, ff 19-64