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036-000538832 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947

1. IOR/L/PS/5/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127
Title:
Secret Department, Enclosures to Secret Letters from India, Jan. to Aug. 1837, Vol. 46
Scope & Content:
The papers in the volume relate to the mission of the Political Agent in Ludhiana Captain Claude Martine Wade to the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Lahore; the mission of the Political Agent in Sindh Colonel Henry Pottinger to the court of Mir Nur Muhammad Khan Talpur at Hyderabad; and the mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Jan 1837-Aug 1837
Extent:
1 volume (662 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126
Title:
Enclosures to Secret Letters from India, Vol. 45
Scope & Content:
The papers in this volume relate to the following: the British diplomatic and military personnel serving in Persia; the East India Company scheme for reopening the Indus River to navigation; and political and military developments in the Sikh Empire of the Punjab, the Talpur Amirates of Hyderaba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1836-27 Apr 1837
Extent:
1 volume (209 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 158-194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 158-194
Title:
Preparations for the First Anglo-Afghan War
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Governor-General of India, Allahabad, Secret Department, to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 29A of 1842, dated 16 August 1842. The enclosures are numbered 1-12 and dated 7-28 July 1842. There is no abstract of conten...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1842
Extent:
1 item (37 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 17-20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 17-20
Title:
Herat Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 48 of 1856, dated 8 October 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-5 and are dated 20 to 23 September 1856. The enclosures consist of: a tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 1a-9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 1a-9
Title:
‘Affairs of Aden’
Scope & Content:
Enclosures no. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 1 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 18-31 December 1847. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, particularly the succession of Ahmed M Houssain Fudthel [​Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1848
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 248-883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 248-883
Title:
Preparations for the First Anglo-Afghan War
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Governor-General of India, Allahabad, Secret Department, to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 32 of 1842, dated 17 August 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-159 and are dated 17 July-16 August 1842. The enclosures c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1842
Extent:
1 item (636 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 306-444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 306-444
Title:
Proceedings and Dispatches, Aden 1839
Scope & Content:
The item consists primarily of correspondence with notes, reports and memoranda dated between 10 July and 2 September 1839; it relates to Aden during the first month after its capture by the British. The papers cover the following: a request for weights and measures at the Custom House at Aden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1839-2 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 item (138 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 229-300

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 229-300
Title:
Punjab and Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to Despatch to the Secret Committee No. 15, dated 9 October 1837. The enclosures relate to affairs in Lahore (the Punjab) and Afghanistan, and are dated 24 July - 11 September 1837. The papers cover: correspondence from Captain Claude Martine Wade, Political Agent, Loodeeana [Ludhia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul - 9 Oct 1837
Extent:
1 item (72 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/146
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 65
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial statements, and other papers relating to diplomatic, military, and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan in 1839 by the so-called Army ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1840-Feb 1840
Extent:
1 volume (986 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 210-245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 210-245
Title:
British Relations with Dost Mahomed Khan and Herat Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1856, dated 22 November 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-15 and are dated 14 October to 15 November 1856. The enclosures consis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item (36 folios)