The volume consists of Enclosures to Despatches to the East India Company Secret Committee from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatches themselves are not included in the volume. The enclosures relate to events in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Persia [Iran], particula...
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 ...
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...
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...
Ink sketch of a fortifiedbuilding somewhere between Kohant [Kohat]and Cabul [Kabul], encountered by the KandaharMission, a British diplomatic mission to Afghanistan in 1857-58.
Ink sketch of a plan of the fort of Kilat-i-Chilzie [Qalat-e Gilzay, Afghanistan], as encountered by theKandahar Mission, a British diplomatic mission to Afghanistan. The map shows the barracks, officers' quarters, stores, magazine and other features inside the fort.
Ink sketch of the fort of Kilat-i-Chilzie [Qalat-e Gilzay, Afghanistan], by W E Hickey, a member of the Kandahar Mission, a British diplomatic mission to Afghanistan.
An Attempt at a Rough Sketch of Kaffiristan from Kaffir Information
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Sketchmap of Kaffiristan [Nuristan] by Peter Stark Lumsden, a member of theKandahar Mission, a British diplomatic mission to Afghanistan. A note on the map states that 'The Cabul [Kabul] River and position of Jelalabad [Jalalabad] etc. are taken from the Surveyor General's Office Map of Afghanist...
