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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Envoy and Minister to the Court of Shah Shuja, 1838-1841 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/5/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/146
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 65
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial statements, and other papers relating to diplomatic, military, and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan in 1839 by the so-called Army ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1840-Feb 1840
Extent:
1 volume (986 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/148
Title:
'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA' Vol 67
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of enclosures to despatches from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee relating to political and military affairs principally in Durrani [Durrānī] and Barakzai [Bārakzāy] Afghanistan, as well as the Punjab under Sikh rule, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1840-13 Apr 1840
Extent:
1 volume (445 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/160, ff 3-397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/160, ff 3-397
Title:
‘Affairs of Afghanistan’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-161 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of India, dated 20 August 1841. The enclosures are dated 5 June-20 August 1841, and contain for reference material dated 5 September 1840-4 June 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the Fi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1841
Extent:
1 item (395 folios)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)