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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Burnes, Alexander, Knight, political officer and explorer, 1805-1841 Level [40] File

1. 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)

2. 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)