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036-000538832 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Afghanistan, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 470-472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/483, ff 470-472
Title:
Kabul Affairs
Scope & Content:
Correspondence consists of a secret letter with a treaty concluded with Ameer Dost Mahomed [Dōst Moḥammad Khān Bārakzay], Khan of Cabool [Kābul], in connection with telegraphic matters.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1855-2 Apr 1855
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 2-58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 2-58
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
The papers mainly relate to the British invasion of Afghanistan. They notably cover: Matters relating to the European and native soldiers of the British Army Operations of Dost Mohamed Khan’s army [Barakza’i, Dost Muhammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan], its retreat from Kabool [Kabul, also writte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1839-12 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 item (56 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 201-374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 201-374
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
The papers mainly relate to affairs in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan. They notably cover and include: Movement and actions of Egyptian forces in Arabia during the Anglo-Afghan War, including distribution and position of units; details of Bedouin troops and positions; their military weapons ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1839-4 Oct 1839
Extent:
1 item (173 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 82-97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 82-97
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosures Nos. 3 and 5 to Despatch No. 11 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1860. The Enclosures include reports from Major William Lockyer Merewether, Political Superintendent of the Sind Frontier. The reports include intelligence on Russian and Persian influence in Af...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1860-5 Apr 1860
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 484-504

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 484-504
Title:
Confidential News Letter No. 3
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 45 of 1840, dated 13 July 1840. The enclosure consists of a summary of intelligence on various places, titled ‘Confidential News Letter No. 3...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1840
Extent:
1 item (21 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/148
Title:
'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA' Vol 67
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee relating to political and military affairs principally in Durrani [Durrānī] and Barakzai [Bārakzāy] Afghanistan, as well as the Punjab under Sikh rule, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1840-13 Apr 1840
Extent:
1 volume (445 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 98-138

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 98-138
Title:
Afghanistan 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 54 of 1856, dated 22 October 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-11 and are dated 14 September to 9 October 1856. The enclosures consist ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item (41 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 421-509

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 421-509
Title:
Affairs in Sinde, and a Journal Describing the Route from Persia [Iran] to Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 126 of 1839, dated 23 November 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee related to affairs in Sinde [Sindh]. It also contains a translation of a journal submitted by Major Neil Campbell, A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1839
Extent:
1 item (89 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 154-210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 154-210
Title:
Military Affairs in Afghanistan, India, Egypt and Syria, and Turkish Arabia
Scope & Content:
The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 117 of 1839, dated 25 October 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee containing a précis of the latest financial, military, political and general intelligence on: Lahore; Mooltan [Multan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1839
Extent:
1 item (57 folios)