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11. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 113-142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 113-142
Title:
Intelligence Forwarded by Sir Alexander Burnes Relating to Progress of the British Invasion of Afghanistan (First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842)
Scope & Content:
Copies of intelligence despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes, Envoy to Kelat [Kalat, also spelled Khelat in this volume], to William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister at Shah Shoojah’s Camp [Shah Shuja ul-Mulk], (copied to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1839-20 Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

12. 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)

13. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 143-216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 143-216
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs: Incident at Bushire [Būshehr] and Egyptian Manoeuvres Regarding the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain]
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and papers relating to the relocation of the British Residency at Bushire [Būshehr] to the island of Karrack [Khark, also known as Kharg] at the end of March 1839, and the events leading up to it, including: Deterioration of the Political Resident’s relations with Mirza ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (73 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and Arabian coastline, chiefly British attempts to avert potential conflicts between Arab maritime rulers, the disruption of trade with India, acts of ‘piracy’, and the undermining of British influence in the area. The papers nota...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1838-May 1839
Extent:
1 item (134 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 102
Title:
Plan of the interior lines Aden
Scope & Content:
The plan indicates various places including the commissariat enclosure, camp bazar, parade ground, custom house compound, officers' cantonments, fort, hospital, library, stores, and school. The original was signed by W J Western, Lieutenant Engineers, Aden, 29 March 1839. Copied in the Chief E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1839
Extent:
1 map sheet

16. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 103
Title:
'Plan A. Plan of Aden'
Scope & Content:
The plan indicates the parade, cantonment and custom house, officers’ barracks and cantonment, town, and a ‘Space [that] might [be] kept open to separate the cantonment’. Copied in the Chief Engineer Office, Bombay [Mumbai], 16 April 1839.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1839
Extent:
1 map sheet

17. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 104
Title:
Survey of the Cape of Aden
Scope & Content:
The survey indicates some elevation heights, the contours and quality of the terrain and its suitability or not for defences. Original was signed Robert Foster, Captain Engineers, Aden, 1 April 1839. Copied in the Chief Engineer Office, Bombay [Mumbai], 16 April 1839.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1839
Extent:
1 map sheet

18. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 101
Title:
Plan of the Gateway at the Northern Pass
Scope & Content:
The plan indicates old defences in red and proposed defences in blue and shows ‘Broken rock battery for four guns to sweep the road to back bay and steamer point’ and ‘Battery for four guns to sweep the road to the Turkish wall’. The original was signed by W J Western, Lieutenant, Engineers, A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1839
Extent:
1 map sheet

19. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 100

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 100
Title:
‘Plan of the Turkish Wall Shewing its Defences when Completed’
Scope & Content:
The plan includes the old jetty and Gibul Hadeed [mound?]. The original was signed by W J Western, Lieutenant Engineers, Aden, 29 March 1839. Copied in the Chief Engineer Office, Bombay [Mumbai], 16 April 1839.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1839
Extent:
1 map sheet

20. IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 632

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 632
Title:
Compass Sketch of the Creek Leading to GHARRA
Scope & Content:
Sketch of the creek leading to Gharra [Gharo], represented on a ‘Scale of one Inch to the Mile, of 2040’ (the scale is stated, not drawn). By Lieutenants J Buckle and J S Greive IN [Indian Navy], Karrachi [Karachi], 21 March 1839. The sketch commences at ‘Munharo [Manora] Point’ (western side) ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1839
Extent:
1 map sheet