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157. Afghanistan Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department (Camp at Kurnaul [Karnal]) to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 4 of 1838, dated 7 March 1838. The enclosures are dated 26 January-7 March 1838.The papers relate to the views of Captain Alexander Burnes, on a Mission to Cabool [Kabul; this spelling also used in this item], Captain Claude Martine Wade, Political Agent in Lodiana [Ludhiana, also spelled Lodianah and Loodeeana in this item], and William Hay Macnaghten, Secretary to the Government of India, regarding the overtures made by Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy], Ruler of Cabool, for the ‘adjustment of his difference’ with the Sikhs [the Sikh Empire] over Peshawur [Peshawar].The papers notably cover:Dost Mahomed’s wish to prevent the restoration of his brother, Sultan Mohamed Khan [Sulṭān Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy], to the governorship of the territory, and his proposals that either Peshawur be ceded to him and in return he becomes a tributary of Maharaja Ranjit [also spelled Runjeet in this item] Singh, or that the territory is divided between himself and Ranjit Singh and they receive equally a fixed tribute, with Nawab Jabbar Khan [Nawwāb Jabbār Khān] placed at PeshawurBurnes’s support for Dost Mahomed (ff 39-46) and forwarding of a letter to the Governor-General of India from the Ruler of Cabool who professes confidence in the ‘favourable disposition which your Lordship entertains towards supporting and strengthening my Government’ (f 37)Wade’s disagreements with parts of Burnes’s analysis, including his: belief that Dost Mahomed has exaggerated the threat from Ranjit Singh; scepticism regarding allegations that Sultan Mohamed conspired with Shah Shuja ul Mulk [Shujā‘ al-Mulk Durrānī] against Dost Mahomed; emphasis on the superiority of British relations with the Sikhs; belief that Ranjit Singh will neither cede Peshawur to Dost Mahomed nor restore it to Sultan Mahomed; and insistence that Burnes adhere to his instructions to preserve the present distribution of power on the Indus and discourage any ‘extravagant pretensions’ of Dost Mahomed (ff 23-35)The Governor-General’s claim to favour any arrangement as long as it is agreeable to Ranjit Singh whose rights in Peshawur ‘cannot be questioned’, and preference that Dost Mahomed open direct negotiations with Lahore rather than through British officers (ff 48-50).The correspondents are Wade, Macnaghten and Burnes.Physical description: 1 item (32 folios)
158. Afghanistan and Persia Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 7 of 1838, dated 27 April 1838. The enclosures are dated 13 March-27 April 1838.The papers chiefly comprise despatches to William Hay Macnaghten, Secretary to the Governor-General of India, from Captain Alexander Burnes, on a mission to Cabool [Kabul, also spelled this way in this item] and Captain Claude Martine Wade, Political Agent in Loodhiana [Ludhiana, also spelled Lodiana in this item], with enclosures.The despatches chiefly concern: British policy towards and relations with the ruling parties in Afghanistan and with the Sikh Ruler Maharaja Runjeet Singh [Ranjit Singh, Ruler of the Sikh Empire, also spelled Maharajah and Maha Raja in this item]; the latter two’s relations with each other, notably over Peshawur [Peshawar]; the Afghan rulers’ relations with each other and with Persia [Iran] and Russia; and the siege of Herat by Persia (with Russian assistance).The papers notably cover the following matters:The on-going negotiations with the Ameer [Amīr] of Cabool, Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy], including Burnes’s: repetition of British policy regarding Peshawur, and responses to the Ameer’s proposals of the terms upon which he will not ally with Persia or Russia; report that discussions regarding the ‘adjustment of differences’ between the Ameer and the Sikhs have terminated unsuccessfully and that the Ameer has written to his Candahar brothers stating his loss of hope in the British; and report that he has requested from Dost Mahomed leave to quit the city (ff 289-301, ff 323-333)The news of a treaty having been made by the Sirdars [sardars, leaders or rulers] of Candahar [Kandahar] with Persia, which will purportedly be ratified by the Russian Ambassador in Tehran, and Burnes’s belief that the Sirdars have agreed to aid Persia in subverting Herat under threat of being similarly attacked by Persia (ff 303-308)A translated copy of Dost Mahomed’s letter to Lord Auckland, Governor-General of India, in which he: complains of the ‘painful delay’ in settling his affairs with the Sikhs; claims he seeks an alliance only with the British; asserts that the Candahar Sirdars made a treaty with Persia out of fear; and notes that Persia’s attack on Herat is a breach of that country’s treaty with Britain (ff 335-336)Wade’s observations on events in Cabool, repetition of his suspicions of Dost Mahomed’s ‘true position’, and view that Burnes should instruct the Ameer to send an agent to Peshawur to arrange peace terms with Runjeet Singh (ff 338-344)Wade’s reports of his difficulties in ascertaining Runjeet Singh’s real intentions regarding a settlement of his dispute with Dost Mahomed over Peshawur, and his views on how overtly the British should appear to be involved in the negotiations (ff 348-357)Intelligence concerning the Persian siege of Herat, including reports of Lieutenant Eldred Pottinger in Herat, which indicate the increasingly unlikely prospect of success by the Persian Army (f 309 and ff 313-317)The Governor-General’s decision to discontinue offers of ‘good offices’ to Dost Mahomed for peace with the Sikhs and instructions to Burnes to leave Cabool, including a copy of his letter notifying Dost Mahomed of Burnes’s recall and stating that ‘my further interposition in this affair could not lead to beneficial results’ (ff 360-364)News from Dr Percival Lord relating to his and Lieutenant John Wood’s proceedings in Koondooz [Kunduz], including a possible attack on Koondooz by the King of Bokhara [Bukhara], his extended stay to treat the family of the Ruler of Koondooz, and Wood’s exploratory field work (ff 319-321).Physical description: 1 item (84 folios)
159. Turkish Arabia Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 25 of 1856, dated 14 April 1856. The enclosure is dated 18 February 1856.The enclosure consists of a copy of despatch from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], to Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, HM Ambassador at the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire], Constantinople [Istanbul], and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London, forwarded for the information of the Government of Bombay and Government of India. The despatch notably concerns the following matters:The measures of the Persian [Iranian] Government to induce Prince Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā Mulk Ārā Qājār], brother of the Shah of Persia, to return to Persia; the Prince’s association with a relation of the Sudder Azzam [Ṣadr A‘ẓam, minister to the Shāh] and avoidance of communication with his mother and with Kemball; the refusal by Kemball of authorize an escort for the Prince to Samarrah [Samarra]; and the request of the Prince’s mother that British and Ottoman authorities prevent his return to Persia without her consentClaims that the Shah has sent a deputation to Tabreez [Tabriz] to foster a reconciliation with the recently departed British MissionRumours of a Persian occupation of an island near Mohamrah [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah] and plans to build a fort there, and Kemball’s persuasion of the Governor of Baghdad not to send troops to forcibly eject them.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
160. Turkish Arabia Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 104 of 1846, dated 14 September 1846. The enclosure is dated 24 July 1846.The primary document is a despatch from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], forwarding, for the information of the Government of Bombay and the Governor-General of India, copies of his communications to Sir Stratford Canning, HM Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul], reporting on affairs in the Baghdad Pachalic [Pashalik].The papers notably cover the following matters:Reports that the supporters of Ahmed Pasha [Aḥmad Pāshā] have all deserted him, that he left Zohab [Sarpol Zahab] and joined ‘a certain holy man Sheikh [Shaikh] Tahir who resides on the Azerbijan [Iranian Azerbaijan] Frontier of Kurdistan’ and has ‘assumed the habit of a Dervish’, and Rawlinson’s scepticism about Ahmed Pasha’s conversion and suspicion that it may be short-livedInformation indicating that the troops being sent from Baghdad against the Chief of Rowandize [Rasūl Pāshā, of Rawandiz, also spelled Rowanduz in this item] to enforce payment of arrears of revenue and other measures, have been halted following the mediation of the Pasha of Moosul [Mosul] on behalf of the ChiefPreparations being made by the Persian [Iranian] authorities to erect a fort on the Kurdish frontier at Lahijan and Rawlinson’s concerns that this will aggravate the Bilbass [Belbās or Bilbas] inhabitants who pasture their flocks in that district and that any orders issued by Nejib Pasha [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] to the Bilbass against impeding the construction will be ignoredA report that the Governor of Kermanshah has advanced in the direction of Zohab, possibly as a superficial response to the Turkish [Ottoman] advance on RowanduzReports that Persian refugees residing in the Turkish town of Khannikeen [Khanaqin, also known as Khaniqin] have in the last few days committed a serious ‘outrage’ in Persia and ‘entirely destroyed the rich district of Kileh Shahm, one of the dependencies of Zohab’ (f 201), and Nejib Pasha’s attempts at restitution and orders to the Governor of Khannikeen to expel the offending parties from Turkish territoryDoubts expressed by Rawlinson and Lieutentant-Colonel Sheil, HM Minister in Teheran [Tehran], regarding the ability of Persian authorities, despite their apparent willingness, to provide redress for ‘outrages’ committed by the various tribes of Looristan [Larestan] on subjects of Turkey or to provide satisfactory compensation for the violent entry into Kerbela [Karbala] by the escort accompanying the Governor of Kermanshah’s wife (on her return from pilgrimage).Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
161. Turkish Arabia Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 87 of 1847, dated 13 October 1847. The enclosure is dated 26 August 1847.The primary document is a despatch from Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] (acting for Henry Creswicke Rawlinson who had taken a leave of absence), forwarding for the information of the Secretary to the Government of India and the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, copies of his despatches to Lord Cowley, HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul], with relevant enclosures, on the ‘affairs of the Baghdad Pachalic [Pashalik]’.The documents notably cover the following matters:British attempts to verify the authenticity of the communication from the Mootsellim [Mutasallim] of Bussorah [Governor of Basra] to Sheikh Mahomed ben Khaleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] inviting him to place himself under the protection of the Turkish [Ottoman] flag, including a corroborative document forwarded to Rawlinson by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian GulfReactions of the independent Arab rulers of the Gulf regarding the appearance of an Ottoman brig of war [in the Gulf] and the alleged the claims by the Turkish officers on board of the intention to replace British influence in the Gulf with Turkish influence. Included are reports by John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commandant Indian Navy, Squadron in the Persian Gulf, on the HC [Honourable Company] steam frigate Queen, and the Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], regarding: the brig’s movements; the concerns expressed by Shaikh Mucktoom [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai]; and the alleged ‘exultation’ of Sultan Ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Sharjah and Ra’s al-Khaymah, Al Jazirah Al Hamra and Ar Rams, variously] at the potential loss of British influence (ff 263-268)Reports that Nejib Pasha [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] plans to survey ‘the old and ruined canals’ of Abooghraib [Abu Ghraib], Scindreeah [Sindria?] and Mahmoodiah [Mahmudiyah?], in order to repair them and bring the adjoining land back into cultivation and improve irrigationThe disturbed state of the country in Moosul [Mosul] due ‘principally to the internal dissensions in the large tribe of the Shammar [Šammar] Arabs’ (f 269)The question of whether British and Russian subjects travelling in the Turkish [Ottoman] dominions will be subject to new passport regulation fees, and Kemball’s scepticism, in communications with Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister at Tehran, regarding Nejib Pasha’s intention to exempt ‘native Englishmen’, taking into consideration the passport fees recently levied on Rawlinson and his party for the latter’s leave of absenceKemball’s scepticism, communicated to Sheil, regarding Nejib Pasha’s intentions of fulfilling instructions from the Turkish Government for the removal of a Turkish guard vessel from her anchorage off the mouth of the Haffer [Haffar] Canal to a station higher up the stream, and intention to escalate his dissatisfaction to the Porte via HM Minister at Constantinople (ff 272-273).Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
162. Bahrain Affairs
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- Abstract: This item is comprised of despatches and memoranda concerning relations between the Chief of Bahrain and Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)
163. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: The item comprises:Two letters from Thomas Henry Maddock, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], notably relating to: British policy regarding the potential conflict between the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain] with the ‘fugitive’ subject Esa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī]; the threatened invasion of Bahrein by Khoorshid Pasha, [Khūrshid Pasha], Commander of Egyptian Forces in Nejde [Najd, also known as Nejd]; and the Governor-General’s objection to a suggestion,by the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Karrak [Kharg, also known as Khark] to blockade the port of Bushire [Bushehr]The substance of a letter from the Native Agent at Muscat to the Persian [Iranian] Secretary to the Government, notably relating to: the policy of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat regarding the territorial encroachments of Khoorshid Pasha in the Persian Gulf; the Imaum’s refusal to provide the assistance demanded by Khoorshid Pasha; and the activities of Saad Bin Mutluck [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī], who claims he has been appointed Governor of Oman by Khoorshid Pasha and has demanded tribute to be paid to the latter by the principal sheiks [shaikhs] in the Persian Gulf which had formely been paid to Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
164. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 30 of 1843, dated 30 April 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-11 and are dated 14 February to 30 April 1843, and concern affairs in the Persian Gulf and Persia [Iran].Enclosure Nos. 3-10 consist of correspondence regarding:The coal depot of Karrack [Kharg Island, also spelled Kharrack in this item]The conduct of Hajee Ahmed [Hājī Aḥmad], the Arabic ‘Moonshee’ [Munshi] of the Persian Gulf Residency in relation to Jehan Loz Mirza [Jahānsūz Mīrzā], who arrived at Kharrack in July 1842 ‘in the habit and character of a dervish’, claiming to be the son of the late Shah of Persia, Futteh Allee [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār], and the uncle of the present ShahA copy of a letter (not included in this item) from the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson, providing an explanation for the letter of remonstrance addressed by him to Abdoola bin Soonyan [‘Abdullāh bin Thunyān bin Ibrāhīm Āl Sa‘ūd, also spelled bin Sooneyan and bin Senyan in this item] the de facto ruler of Nedjd [Najd], described as a ‘piractical chief’ in the Persian GulfA report on the state of affairs at Muscat (also spelled Muskat in this item) from the Native Agent at Muscat, Rubil bin Uslan [Khwāji Rūbin bin Aṣlān], up to 20 March 1843The reported murder of Colonel Charles Stoddart and Captain Arthur Conolly, who had been confined in the Fort at Bokhara [Bukhara] on the 18 or 19 June 1842.This correspondence is mainly between the following: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby; the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor General, James Thomason.Enclosure No. 11 is a letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Justin Sheil, to the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor General, forwarding copies of his despatches to HM Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Earl of Aberdeen, regarding Persian affairs, including:An apology from the Persian Consul in Bagdad [Baghdad] for ‘interfering’ with a foot messenger from the British MissionA letter received from Meshed [Mashhad] reporting: an ‘interview’ held at Jam between Meerza Moossa Khan [Mīrzā Mūsā Khān Farāhānī], the guardian of the shrine of Meshed, and Yar Mahomed Khan [Yār Muḥammad Khān, Minister-regent of Herat], with the latter complaining that he had derived little advantage from his relations with Persia; the death of the ‘Chief’ [Khan] of Khiva, Allah Koolee Khan [Allāh Qulī Bahādur Khān], and the succession of his son Reheem Koolee Khan [Muḥammad Raḥim Qulī Khān]; and the frontier of Persia in the direction of Khiva seeming to be ‘in tranquillity’The Resident in the Persian Gulf requesting instructions in relation to ‘a case of piracy, if it can be so termed’ in the Persian Gulf, in which a Persian vessel was about to sail with its cargo from the Port of Nabend, when it was attacked and plundered by the Governor of Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band]Information from the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding the location and recent history of the town of Mohemmera [Khorramshahr, also spelled Mohumra in this item], including a copy of a sketch map by Mr Litchfield, the officer in command of the schooner Emily, of what he recollects to be the position of Mohumra (f 167), dated 3 January 1843Relations between Persia and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire], including: the Persian Government receiving intelligence from the Governor of Kermanshah that the Governor of Suleimanieh [Sulaymaniyah], Ahmed Pasha [Aḥmad Pāshā], had announced his intention of approaching the Persian frontier in the vicinity of Zohab [Sarpol-e Zahab] with a military force; the Governor of Bagdad attacking the city of Kerbela [Karbala], apparently because of the ‘refractory’ state of the tribes in possession of the city, which has caused the Shah ‘increased irritation and excitement’ as Kerbela contains the sepulchres of ‘the Sheah branch of the Mahommedan faith’ [the Shia branch of Islam], and a large proportion of the population of the city is apparently Persian.The despatches include enclosed letters from: Sheil; the British Resident at Bagdad, Colonel Robert Taylor; the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hossan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shirāzī, Īlchī-yi Kabīr]; Hajee Meerza Aghashee [Ḥājī Mīrzā (ʿAbbās Īravānī) Āqāsī, Persian Prime Minister or Grand Vizier]; the Governor of Kermanshah, Mohib Ali Khan [Muḥibb ʿAlī Khān]; the Walee [Wali or Governor] of Ardelan [Ardalan]; and the Persian Consul at Bagdad.Physical description: 1 item (71 folios)
165. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 52 of 1843, dated 17 July 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-15 and are dated 31 December 1842 to 14 July 1843.The enclosures mainly consist of correspondence (with enclosures within these enclosures, including a deposition in French on ff 336-342), mostly relating to Persian Gulf and Persian [Iranian] affairs. They concern matters including:The Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson, reporting that the state of affairs on the Arabian Coast is ‘very satisfactory’The pledge of protection given by Robertson on 28 February 1842 to the inhabitants of Karrack [Kharg, also spelled Karrak in this item] on the departure of British troops from the island and its restoration to the Shah of Persia [Iran]A ‘scuffle’ which occurred between Meerza Ali Akbar [Mīrzā ‘Alī Akbar], deputed by the Prince of Shiraz to make enquiries regarding the buildings on Karrack presented by the British to the Persian Government, and the Commandant of the Lar Garrison, Lutf Ali Khan [Luṭf ‘Alī Khān Lārī], to whom the buildings had been made over by Robertson, over compensation for damage caused to the buildingsThe attempts by Lutf Ali Khan to extort money from the inhabitants of KarrackThe Honourable Company’s brig of war Tigrishaving been on a tour of the north-east coast of Africa without a medical officer on board, and an enquiry being ordered into the cause of the severe sickness which occurred amongst the crewPersian affairs, reported in despatches from HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, including: relations between Persia and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire], and the treaty negotiations at Erzeroom [Erzurum]; and relations between Persia and KhivaThe Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, having appointed a Native Agent at Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] without the prior sanction of the Government of Bombay.The main correspondents are the following: Robertson; Sheil; Kemball; the Government of Bombay; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver; the Prime Minister or Grand Vizier of Persia, Hajee Meerza Aghasee [Ḥājī Mīrzā (ʿAbbās Īravānī) Āqāsī]; the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Aboul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Īlchī Kabīr]; Mahomed Ameer Khan [Muḥammad Amīr Khān] son of the late Khan of Khiva; and the Military Secretary to the British Legation in Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant.The enclosures also include a minute by the Governor of Bombay, George Arthur, subscribed to by the Board.Physical description: 1 item (81 folios)
166. Sind Affairs and Matters Relating to Afghanistan, Kelat and Persia
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- Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 20 dated 2 February 1857. The enclosures are dated 5-20 January 1857.The enclosures comprise despatches of Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Acting Commissioner in Sind [Sindh], to Lord Elphinstone, Governor and President in Council, Bombay, in which he forwards intelligence received from or via Captain William Lockyer Merewether, Acting Political Superintendent on the Frontier of Upper Sind.The papers notably cover and include:Intelligence claiming that the representative of the King of Persia [Shah of Iran], who approached Sirdar Goolam Hider Khan [Ghulām Ḥaydar Khān], the Governor of Candahar [also spelled Kandahar in this item], offering friendship with Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy] and the Afghan people, was rebuffed by the Governor who emphasised that the nations will remain at war whilst Persia occupies Herat and reaffirmed the Afghan alliance with the BritishIntelligence purporting that the Murree [Marri] tribe have ‘assembled in large numbers for the purpose of plundering’ (f 271) and that British troops at the frontier outposts are on the alert for signs of an attackA report by Captain Henry Green, Assistant Political Superintendent on the Frontier of Upper Sind, concerning relations with the Khan of Kelat [Kalat], notably the Khan’s: reaffirmation of his friendship with the British; concerns about potential Persian incursions on his north and north west frontiers; belief in the unreliable loyalties of the tribes in the area of Candahar and Kelat; and support for the establishment of a British force at Quetta. Green also asserts the destabilising effect on the frontier of Upper Sind caused by the withdrawal of a regiment of Sind Irregular Horse for service in the Persian GulfConfirmation by the Governor of Kandahar of the receipt of treasure and arms despatched through the Bolan Pass for the Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan in October 1856.Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)
167. Bokhaurau Affairs
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of letters from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Stoddart at Bokhaurau [Bukhara, also spelled Bokhara in this item], mostly concerning the desire of the Ameer [Emir] of Bokhaurau for a treaty of alliance with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Stoddart also gives his opinion on the disposition of the Shauh of Persia [Shah of Iran] towards the ‘English’. The letters are mainly addressed to Lord Palmerston, HM Minister for Foreign Affairs. There are also extracts of letters from Stoddart to Arthur Conolly, a letter to the Secretary to the Government of India, and a letter from Stoddart addressed to his relations, brothers and sisters. In addition, there is translated copy of a letter from the King of Bokhara [the Amir of Bukhara, Nasrullah Khan] to Queen Victoria, dated 16 March 1841.The letters are dated 17 February to 30 March 1841, and the copies were enclosed in a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 47 of 1841, dated 16 June 1841.Physical description: 1 item (29 folios)
168. Persia Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay, Secret Department, to the Secret Committee, Number 12 of 1850, dated 27 February 1850.The enclosed papers, dated 6 November 1849 to 2 January 1850, concern affairs in Persia [Iran]. They comprise despatches from Justin Sheil, British Envoy and Minister to the Court of Persia, and William Taylour Thomson, British Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran, to Viscount Palmerston [Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston], Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Copies of these despatches are sent to the Government of Bombay and the Government of India.Several matters are covered by the papers, including:Sheil’s overland journey to Persia and his arrival in Tabreez [Tabriz, also spelled Tabriez in this item]Sheil’s conversations with Prince Bahman Meerza [Bahman Mīrzā Qājār] in exile in Teflis [Tbilisi]Relations between the Russians and Circassians, Russian military strength along the Kuban frontier, and recent outbreaks of conflictSheil’s diplomatic engagements with Persian officialsNews from the civil war in Khorassan [Khorasan] and British efforts of mediationProgress of the Turco [Ottoman Iraq]-Persian Boundary CommissionRelations between Russia and Persia, including Russian demands to build a military hospital in Persian territorySheil’s assessment of the Persian Government and country in generalUnrest in the city of Ispahan [Isfahan]Relations between the Imam i Joomeh [Emām-e Jomʿa] in Tehran and the Persian Prime MinisterConflict in the province of Asterabad [Golestan]The lifting of the siege of Bushire [Bushehr].Physical description: 1 item (37 folios)