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31. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 577-633

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 577-633
Title:
Supplying the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus During the British-led Invasion of Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and other papers, chiefly comprising communications between Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde in this volume], and the Government of India, Bombay [Mumbai], regarding his arrangements for obtaining and transporting stores and supplies for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (56 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 2-33
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
The papers mainly relate to the British-led invasion of Afghanistan. They chiefly comprise copies of reports by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes, Envoy to Kelat, to William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister at the camp of Shah Shoojah [Shāh Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrāni], as forwarded to John P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1839-3 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (33 folios)

33. 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)

34. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
The item mainly relates to affairs in the Persian Gulf. It chiefly comprises copies of despatches of Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], with relevant enclosures, such as letters to and from Hennell, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1839-12 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (42 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter')
Scope & Content:
This item comprises three separate documents, as follows: General Orders issued by Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Indus (published in the London Gazette 30 August 1839), congratulating the army and its commanders on the capture of Candahar [Kandahar] an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1839-4 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 16 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by des...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1839-16 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (130 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 449-466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 449-466
Title:
Summary of Intelligence from Various Places
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 41 of 1840, dated 30 June 1840. The enclosure consists of a summary of intelligence on various places, compiled by Assistant Secretary to the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 item (21 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 467-469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 467-469
Title:
Extract from a Private Letter from Herat
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 43 of 1840, dated 30 June 1840. The enclosure consists of an ‘extract from a private letter from Herat’ (neither the sender nor intended reci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

39. 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)

40. IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 505-511

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, ff 505-511
Title:
Persian Affairs
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 46 of 1840, dated 13 July 1840. The enclosure is a letter from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Lieutenant-Colonel Rober...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1840
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)