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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/5/375 Language English Subject Military intelligence

1. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 113-142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 113-142
Title:
Intelligence Forwarded by Sir Alexander Burnes Relating to Progress of the British Invasion of Afghanistan (First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842)
Scope & Content:
Copies of intelligence despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes, Envoy to Kelat [Kalat, also spelled Khelat in this volume], to William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister at Shah Shoojah’s Camp [Shah Shuja ul-Mulk], (copied to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1839-20 Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and Arabian coastline, chiefly British attempts to avert potential conflicts between Arab maritime rulers, the disruption of trade with India, acts of ‘piracy’, and the undermining of British influence in the area. The papers nota...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1838-May 1839
Extent:
1 item (134 folios)