Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871.The papers consist of intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, Consul General at Baghdad, and Political Agent in Turkish Arabia. The reports include: the Turkish occupation of El-Hasa [Al Hasa]; the revolt of the Shammar Arabs; and a memorandum of deaths from cholera at Baghdad and Kerbella [Karbala].The Enclosures are dated 1-3 August 1871.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)