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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F126 Place Afghanistan, Asia

1. Mss Eur F126/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5
Title:
Letters from Sir Owen Tudor Burne to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Personal and demi-official correspondence from Sir Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India to Sir Lewis Pelly, who retired from service with the India Office in August 1877. The official correspondence relates primarily to affairs in Cabul [Kabul] and the British Government'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1877-18 Oct 1878
Extent:

1 file, 12 items (32 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7
Title:
Letters to Lewis Pelly from Individuals in Britain and India
Scope & Content:
The correspondence relates to three main periods of Lewis Pelly's life: his work in India as Agent to the Governor-General, Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and subsequently at Baroda 1870-1877; his return to England in 1877 and marriage to Amy Henrietta Lowder, 1 August 1878; and his desire for re-employ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
25 Sep 1870-3 Jan 1883
Extent:

1 file, 118 items (287 folios)

3. Mss Eur F126/24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/24
Title:
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings about Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Press cuttings from British and Indian Newspapers regarding the Afghan War (today known as the 2nd Afghan-Anglo War), negotiations in Cabul [Kabul], the British Government's policy with regards to the Indian Frontier, and the movements of the Russians during the war. The cuttings have been tak...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 Sep 1878-19 Oct 1878
Extent:

1 volume (150 folios)

4. Mss Eur F126/29-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/29-35
Title:
Sir Lewis Pelly's journey from Persia to Afghanistan, 1860
Scope & Content:
The series contains letters, reports, despatches, memorandum and journals relating to Lewis Pelly's special duty to travel overland from Tehran to Kurrachee [Karachi] visiting Meshed [Mashhad], Herat and Candahar [Kandahar] and in the course of the journey to gather intelligence and information ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1860-1864
Extent:

7 files (786 folios)