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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/5/376 Subject Military intelligence

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter')
Scope & Content:
This item comprises three separate documents, as follows: General Orders issued by Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Indus (published in the London Gazette 30 August 1839), congratulating the army and its commanders on the capture of Candahar [Kandahar] an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1839-4 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 16 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by des...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1839-16 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (130 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 606-659
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 31 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by des...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
20 Jul 1839-31 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (53 folios)