Record

Document Reference	Bu 26/62
Title	Letter from 6th Earl of Mayo [R. Bourke], Calcutta, India, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 14 Dec 1870.
Date	14 December 1870
Extent	4 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that the 'fat Shahgarrie' seemed determined on continuing the course of action set in motion at Bukhara; comments on the actions of the Ameer [Shir Ali] and the unstable situation in Kabul; informs him that Prince Gorchakov's letter was stronger in tone than his telegram had suggested; states that the Black Sea clauses would cause difficulty at the conference in France.
Term	treaties, Treaty of Paris 1856, Russian repudiation
Term	Central Asian affairs, 'Central Asian Question'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6899	Shir Ali (1809-1879 ); Ameer of Afghanistan; (reigns from 1863)	1809-1879
NA141	Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister	1798-1883
NA6897	Bourke; Richard S. (1822-1872); 6th Earl of Mayo; statesman	1822-1872
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882