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037-000539208 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842)

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 34-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 34-42
Title:
Intelligence Report ('Newsletter')
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report, entitled ‘Newsletter', dated 11 May 1839, covering: Peshawur [Peshawar]; the Army of the Indus; (chiefly regarding its approach to Candahar [Kandahar]); Upper Scinde [Sindh]; Joudhpore [Jodhpur]; Jhansi; Bithoor [Bithur]; Nipal [Nepal]; Ava [Inwa]; and Items of General Intel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1839
Extent:
1 item (9 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/5/375, ff 105-108

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 105-108
Title:
General Orders. Head Quarters. Army of the Indus. Camp Larkana 4th March 1839
Scope & Content:
Copy of General Orders issued by Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Ronald Macdonald, Military Secretary, and Deputy Adjutant General HM Forces Bombay [Mumbai]. The orders concern the organisation and command structure of the Army of the Indus, henceforth to be under overall command of Lieutenant-Gene...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1839
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 371-375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 371-375
Title:
Account of a Military Action in Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Enclosure no. 9 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 1 December 1842. The enclosure is dated 2 November 1842. A note attached to folio 372 states that ‘(Enclosures Nos 2-8 are missing)’. The enclosure contains an account by Captain Charles Delamain, commanding ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1842
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/384, ff 199-725

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/384, ff 199-725
Title:
Turkish Arabia and Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 28 of 1840, dated 23 May 1840. The enclosures are numbered 1-128 and are dated 4 March -23 May 1840. A note in black ink states that ‘Enclosure n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1840-23 May1840
Extent:
1 item (526 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 217-322

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 217-322
Title:
Colonel Henry Pottinger’s Arrangements in Sinde [Sindh] Regarding the Advance of the Army of the Indus
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence, minutes and other documents chiefly relating to logistical and financial arrangements made by Colonel Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde and Sind in this volume], in connection with the Army of the Indus arriving and marching through Sinde (a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839-May 1839
Extent:
1 item (105 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 43-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 43-44
Title:
Memorandum of Intelligence from Candahar
Scope & Content:
The memorandum, dated 18 May 1839, Kurrachee [Karachi], comprises a report by a merchant who left Candahar [Kandahar] on 29 April. It covers: the arrival of the British Army of the Indus at Candahar on 23 April 1839, the ‘submission’ of local chiefs to Shah Shoojah [Shāh Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrāni];...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1839
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 344-352

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 344-352
Title:
Letter from Major Rawlinson at Candahar to George William Anderson, Acting Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Major J[?] C [most likely Henry Creswicke] Rawlinson at Candahar [Kandahar] to George William Anderson, acting Governor of Bombay, dated 25 May 1841, enclosed in a letter from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby, to the Chairman, received vi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1841-2 Aug 1841
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 87-103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 87-103
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item relates to the British-led invasion of Afghanistan. It comprises a letter dated 23 May 1839, from Thomas Herbert Maddock, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], forwarding a copy of a new...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1839-20 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)