Sind Affairs: Kelat and Persia
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Sind Affairs: Kelat and Persia
- Date:
- 1856/1856
- Description:
- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 57 of 1856, dated 9 August 1856. The enclosure is dated 12 March-16 April 1856.The enclosure consists of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India to Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Officiating Commissioner in Sind [Sindh], copied to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay. The Secretary to the Government of India confirms, in response to intelligence Jacob forwarded of alleged Persian [Iranian] threats to the territory of the Khan of Kelat [Kalat], that although the Government of India is under no obligation by treaty to assist the Khan of Kelat, in the current circumstances Jacob may assure the Khan that arms and money will be offered to him should there occur any unprovoked aggression on his territory by Persia, and Jacob should ascertain the level of subsidy the Khan might require.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Khan of Kalāt
- Geographic region:
- Kelat
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100157091557.0x00001c_ar
81055/vdc_100157091557.0x00001c_en
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 467-470
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 467-470