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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Language English Place Candahar, Afghanistan

1. IOR/L/PS/5/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/137
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 56
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports and financial statements relating to diplomatic, military and logistical preparations for the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army of the Indus. Pac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (793 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/138
Title:
Enclosures to Secret Letters from India, Vol 57
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of secret correspondence relating to the British-led invasion of Afghanistan in 1839. The letters and memoranda cover the period beginning with the landing of the so-called Army of the Indus in Sinde [Sindh, also written as Scinde] in late 1838 to its arrival in Candah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1838-27 May 1839
Extent:
1 volume (806 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/139
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 58
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial statements and some local newsletters, relating to diplomatic, military and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (839 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/143
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 62
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial and statistical statements and translations of local 'newsletters', relating to diplomatic, military and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1839
Extent:
1 volume (797 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/160, f 97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/160, f 97
Title:
Map of a Site for New Buildings at Candahar
Scope & Content:
Sketch map showing the proposed site for new public buildings at Candahar [Kandahar], with existing and proposed buildings both marked. The map was drawn by Lieutenant William Fraser-Tytler, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Candahar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1841
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. IOR/L/PS/5/160, f 97v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/160, f 97v
Title:
Plan of Officers' Quarters
Scope & Content:
Plan of new officers’ quarters to be built near Candahar [Kandahar] for officers in the Indian Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War. The plan was drawn by Lieutenant William Fraser-Tytler, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Candahar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1841
Extent:
1 plan

7. IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 21-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 21-30
Title:
Herat and Candahar Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 49 of 1856, dated 8 October 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 11 June to 30 September 1856. They consist of: correspon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 34-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 34-42
Title:
Intelligence Report ('Newsletter')
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report, entitled ‘Newsletter', dated 11 May 1839, covering: Peshawur [Peshawar]; the Army of the Indus; (chiefly regarding its approach to Candahar [Kandahar]); Upper Scinde [Sindh]; Joudhpore [Jodhpur]; Jhansi; Bithoor [Bithur]; Nipal [Nepal]; Ava [Inwa]; and Items of General Intel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1839
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 43-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 43-44
Title:
Memorandum of Intelligence from Candahar
Scope & Content:
The memorandum, dated 18 May 1839, Kurrachee [Karachi], comprises a report by a merchant who left Candahar [Kandahar] on 29 April. It covers: the arrival of the British Army of the Indus at Candahar on 23 April 1839, the ‘submission’ of local chiefs to Shah Shoojah [Shāh Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrāni];...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1839
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 87-103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 87-103
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item relates to the British-led invasion of Afghanistan. It comprises a letter dated 23 May 1839, from Thomas Herbert Maddock, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], forwarding a copy of a new...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1839-20 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)