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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/5/375 Subject Political intelligence Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

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 377-390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390
Title:
Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran]
Scope & Content:
The letters convey intelligence of the movements of the Shah of Persia [Iran]; the Shah’s purported aggressive intentions regarding Afghanistan or ‘Khorassan’ (chiefly Herat), and Turkey [Ottoman Empire] (chiefly Bagdad [Baghdad] and Azerbijan [Azerbaijan]); conditions in Herat since the ending ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

3. 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)