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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Kabul, Afghanistan

1. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 5-191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 5-191
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3
Scope & Content:
The enclosures cover the following: the instructions of the Political Agent in Sindh Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pottinger to the officers of the Indian Navy surveying the Indus River; the chart of the Indus prepared by Lieutenant Thomas Carless of the Indian Navy, and his observations on the diffic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1836
Extent:
187 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 194-204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 194-204
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 4 (Not included in the Volume)
Scope & Content:
The enclosures (not included in the volume) cover the following: demand by Maharaja Ranjit Singh for tribute from the Amirs of Hyderabad, Mirpur and Khairpur in Sindh; the confirmation of the capture, by the troops of Ranjit Singh, of Mir Bahram Khan Mazari’s capital Rojhan; the three kharitas fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1836
Extent:
11 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 4-307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 4-307
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3
Scope & Content:
The three hundred and four folios in the collection begin with an abstract of the contents of Secret Letter No. 3. The enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3 themselves are primarily concerned with the following subjects: The arrival of the Political Agent in Ludhiana Captain Claude Martine Wade at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1837
Extent:
304 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 320-662

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 320-662
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 9
Scope & Content:
The assurances of the Maharaja of the Punjab Ranjit Singh that his forces would not invade Sindh without prior coordination between the governments, and his acceptance of British mediation in disputes with the Amirs of Sindh if pursued as discretely as possible, following discussions with the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1837
Extent:
343 folios

5. IOR/L/PS/12/303

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/303
Title:
PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, relating to British propaganda forwarded to the Persian Gulf for dissemination. It largely consists of weekly telegrams from the Secretary of State for India, London, to the Government of India and others. The telegrams contain Ministry of In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
10 Aug 1939-27 Dec 1941
Extent:
1 file (357 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/304

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/304
Title:
PZ 5749/1939(2) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly telegrams, relating to British propaganda forwarded to the Persian Gulf for dissemination. It largely consists of fortnightly telegrams from the Public Relations Officer/Publicity Officer, Bahrein [Bahrain], to the Secretary of State for India, reportin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1942-2 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (101 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/796

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/796
Title:
Ext 695/43 'Despatch of personal telegrams for O A Scott (Foreign Office)'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters and one telegram draft from the following: O A Scott, Foreign Office; India Office; HM Minister, Kabul. Captain Scott asks for telegrams to be sent to his son in Kabul. The matter at hand is Scott’s son’s share of trust funds.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1943-2 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/1139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1139
Title:
Ext 3114/46 'Miscellaneous telegrams for onward transmission by I.O.'
Scope & Content:
This file mainly consists of assorted telegrams from Moscow to Kabul regarding matters of communication.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1946-8 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2004

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2004
Title:
Coll 5/52 ‘Aviation: German Service to Far East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for Lufthansa to operate an air service linking Germany with China via Egypt, Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan (Kabul). The file contains correspondence, extracts from intelligence summaries, memoranda, and notes documenting the efforts of British officials to o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1936-30 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (619 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2005

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2005
Title:
Coll 5/52(2) ‘German Air Service to the Far East’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and extracts from intelligence summaries on the following three related topics: an application by the Reich Air Minister for a permit for Lufthansa to operate a service over India and Burma updates on the Lufthansa air service between Berlin and Kabul the progres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1938-11 Jul 1941
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)