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2101. 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)

2102. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 526-576
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and minutes relating to affairs in Aden subsequent to the capture of the port by the British in January 1839. The papers notably cover: Report (ff 529-550) of Captain Robert Foster, Engineers, Military Department, dated 16 April 1839, submitted to Lieutenant-Colonel Ed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1839
Extent:
1 item (50 folios)

2103. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 577-633

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 577-633
Title:
Supplying the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus During the British-led Invasion of Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and other papers, chiefly comprising communications between Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde in this volume], and the Government of India, Bombay [Mumbai], regarding his arrangements for obtaining and transporting stores and supplies for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (56 folios)

2104. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 634-637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 634-637
Title:
Military Resources and Personnel in Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1839
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

2105. IOR/L/PS/5/376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376
Title:
'ENCLOSURES SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY' Vol 14
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee. The volume is divided into seventeen items: Afghanistan Affairs (ff 2-33) Intelligence Reports ('Newsletters') (ff 34-42) Memorandum of Int...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
11 Mar 1839-31 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (700 folios)

2106. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
The papers mainly relate to the British-led invasion of Afghanistan. They chiefly comprise copies of reports by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes, Envoy to Kelat, to William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister at the camp of Shah Shoojah [Shāh Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrāni], as forwarded to John P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1839-3 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (33 folios)

2107. 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)

2108. 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)

2109. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
The item mainly relates to affairs in the Persian Gulf. It chiefly comprises copies of despatches of Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], with relevant enclosures, such as letters to and from Hennell, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1839-12 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (42 folios)

2110. 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)

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