Record

Document Reference	Bu 44/37
Title	Copy despatch from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 25 Sep 1859.
Date	25 September 1859
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Forwards Drummond-Hay's despatches; states that Khateeb's report that the garrison at Ceuta had made a sortie was false; mentions the unfortunate timing of the death of the Sultan of Morocco.
Term	Moroccan affairs, 'Moroccan Question'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6254	Abd ar-Rahman (d 1859); Sultan of Morocco; ( succeeded 1822)	d 1859
NA6256	Khateeb; Said Mahommed (fl 1858-1861); Moorish minister	fl 1858-1861
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878