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037-000538963 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Maharajah of the Punjab, 1799-1849

1. IOR/L/PS/5/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/137
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 56
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports and financial statements relating to diplomatic, military and logistical preparations for the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army of the Indus. Pac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (793 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 3-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 3-19
Title:
The Proposed Interview with Maharajah Runjeet Singh
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department (Camp at Meerut) to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 3 of 1838, dated 3 March 1838. The enclosures are dated 14-28 February 1838. The papers relate to the postponement of the pro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1838
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 284-367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 284-367
Title:
Afghanistan and Persia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 7 of 1838, dated 27 April 1838. The enclosures are dated 13 March-27 April 1838. The papers chiefly comprise despatches to William Hay Macnagh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1838
Extent:
1 item (84 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/134, ff 406-603

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/134, ff 406-603
Title:
Events and transactions connected with the affairs of our North Western Frontier
Scope & Content:
Enclosures no. 2-66 to dispatch no. 4 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 20 February 1839. The enclosures are dated 4 November 1837-16 May 1838. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Afghanistan, the Sikh Empire and Sindh. Much of the correspon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1839
Extent:
1 item (198 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 407-545

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 407-545
Title:
Afghanistan and Persia Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department (Camp at Kurnaul [Karnal]) to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 11 of 1838, dated 22 May 1838. The enclosures are dated 18 January-22 May 1838. The item comprises despatches betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1838
Extent:
1 item (139 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/144, ff 575-950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/144, ff 575-950
Title:
News-Letters, 1839
Scope & Content:
Newsletters sent out by the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India containing compiled summaries of reports from British officials and military officers in various parts of South Asia and the Middle East. Each newsletter is divided into headings, most of which refer to the place a re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1839-20 Dec 1839
Extent:
1 item (376 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/133, ff 3-379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/133, ff 3-379
Title:
Contemplated operations to the Westward of the Indus
Scope & Content:
Enclosures no. 2-113 to dispatch no. 23 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 24 September 1838. The enclosures are dated 3 July-24 September 1838. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to preparations for the East India Company’s invasion of Afghanistan in ord...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1838
Extent:
1 item (377 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 76-282

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/130, ff 76-282
Title:
Events in Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 5 of 1838, dated 5 April 1838. The enclosures are dated 29 January-5 April 1838. The item comprises: despatches between Captain Claude Martine...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1838
Extent:
1 item (207 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 5-191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 5-191
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3
Scope & Content:
The enclosures cover the following: the instructions of the Political Agent in Sindh Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pottinger to the officers of the Indian Navy surveying the Indus River; the chart of the Indus prepared by Lieutenant Thomas Carless of the Indian Navy, and his observations on the diffic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1836
Extent:
187 folios

10. IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 4-307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 4-307
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3
Scope & Content:
The three hundred and four folios in the collection begin with an abstract of the contents of Secret Letter No. 3. The enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3 themselves are primarily concerned with the following subjects: The arrival of the Political Agent in Ludhiana Captain Claude Martine Wade at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1837
Extent:
304 folios