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1. IOR/L/PS/5/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/143
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 62
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial and statistical statements and translations of local 'newsletters', relating to diplomatic, military and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1839
Extent:
1 volume (797 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/139
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 58
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial statements and some local newsletters, relating to diplomatic, military and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (839 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 3-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 3-12
Title:
Funds for the British mission to Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 11 of 1840, dated 20 March 1840. The enclosures are dated [8 October-4 November 1839] and contain correspondence relating to considerations on possible sources of funds for the Bombay Army’s m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1840
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 139-148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 139-148
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 55 of 1856, dated 8 November 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 1 to 3 November 1856. They consist of letters from the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1856
Extent:
1 item (10 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/5/253, ff 76-292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 76-292
Title:
Report of the Kandahar Mission
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 3-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures consist of copies of papers relating to the Kandahar Mission, a British diplomatic mission to Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1857-58. Most of the item consists of a detailed report from the head ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1858-2 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item (217 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 373-482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 373-482
Title:
Affairs in Herat
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 3-33 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to events in Herat, and its status after the withdrawal of Persian occupation at the end of the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. Subjects covered i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1857-22 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item (110 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/131, ff 336-348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/131, ff 336-348
Title:
Siege of Herat
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of India, dated 15 July 1838. The enclosures are dated 17 April-23 June 1838. Enclosure no. 3 (ff 339-43) consists of a report by the Russian Agent [Yan Vitkevich/Jan Prosper Witkiewicz] on his mission to Candahar [Kandaha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
15 Jul 1838
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 293-372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 293-372
Title:
Affairs in Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 3-24 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to events in Afghanistan and surrounding areas. Subjects covered include: An end to the British subsidy that had been paid to Dost Mahomed, Ameer of Cabul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1858-8 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item (80 folios)