From the library of Peter Hopkirk: records of the Great Game published by a British officer, inscribed by the author

Outram, James. Lieut.-General Sir James Outram's Persian Campaign in 1857; comprising general orders and despatches relating to the military operations in Persia, from the landing at Bushire to the treaty of peace [...].

€ 4,500.00

First edition: signed presentation copy of the privately published despatches and letters relating to the Anglo-Persian War and the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Taken together, the publication provides a vital primary source record of both the Rebellion and the events of the Great Game: the military and diplomatic struggle between England and Russia to control as much of Central Asia as possible. These documents were collected and authored by Sir James Outram (1803-63), a British general born to an English father and Scottish mother who spent his entire career fighting for Britain and the East India Company in India and Central Asia.

The first half of the book is dedicated to dispatches, such as reports of British killed and wounded soldiers, and the second to Outram's own correspondence, both formal and informal, between officers and the leadership of the East India Company.