Letter from A Vambery, Professor of Oriental Languages in the Royal University of Budapest, regarding Afghanistan and whether Kandahar should be retained or evacuated by the British
Correspondence respecting the Demarcation of the North-Western Frontier of Afghanistan, from Heri-Rud to the Oxus, Part V, Political and Secret Department, India Office
The papers include: An illustration showing a camp below the Peiwar Kotal, with a list of what each letter on the illustration denotes. A copy of Field Force Orders by Lieutenant General Sir Frederick S Roberts, Kabul, date 08 August 1880. Sketches of Afghans done by a private soldier of the 72...
Telegrams between Lord Lytton and Sir John Strachey regarding Lytton's resignation as Viceroy and Strachey's future (with envelope)
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Includes a copy of a telegram to the Secretary of State for India from the Viceroy, asking if a Home appointment could be found for Sir John Strachey before surrendering the Seals of Office
Decorated letters (with translations) to Lord Lytton from Meer Khudadad Khan, Khan of Kalat, and Raja Bikram Singh of Faridkot, expressing regret at Lytton leaving India