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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name King of Afghanistan, 1826-1973 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 5-191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/126, ff 5-191
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3
Scope & Content:
The enclosures cover the following: the instructions of the Political Agent in Sindh Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pottinger to the officers of the Indian Navy surveying the Indus River; the chart of the Indus prepared by Lieutenant Thomas Carless of the Indian Navy, and his observations on the diffic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1836
Extent:
187 folios

2. IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 4-307

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 4-307
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3
Scope & Content:
The three hundred and four folios in the collection begin with an abstract of the contents of Secret Letter No. 3. The enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3 themselves are primarily concerned with the following subjects: The arrival of the Political Agent in Ludhiana Captain Claude Martine Wade at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1837
Extent:
304 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 320-662

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/127, ff 320-662
Title:
The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 9
Scope & Content:
The assurances of the Maharaja of the Punjab Ranjit Singh that his forces would not invade Sindh without prior coordination between the governments, and his acceptance of British mediation in disputes with the Amirs of Sindh if pursued as discretely as possible, following discussions with the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1837
Extent:
343 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 366-765

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 366-765
Title:
Sindh, Punjab, and Afghanistan Affairs
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to Despatch to the Secret Committee No. 22, dated 27 December 1837. The enclosures relate to the affairs of Sinde [Sindh], Lahore (the Punjab), and Afghanistan, and are dated 3 June to 25 September 1837. The main correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Pottinger, Agent to the Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun - 27 Nov 1837
Extent:
1 item (400 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/131, ff 336-348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/131, ff 336-348
Title:
Siege of Herat
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of India, dated 15 July 1838. The enclosures are dated 17 April-23 June 1838. Enclosure no. 3 (ff 339-43) consists of a report by the Russian Agent [Yan Vitkevich/Jan Prosper Witkiewicz] on his mission to Candahar [Kandaha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
15 Jul 1838
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/131, ff 349-744

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/131, ff 349-744
Title:
‘Negotiations with the Ex-King of Cabool and the Maha Rajah Runjeet Singh’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-102 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of India, dated 13 August 1838. The enclosures are dated 16 May-11 August 1838. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a plan to overthrow Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy] as Emi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1838
Extent:
1 item (396 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 293-372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 293-372
Title:
Affairs in Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1858-8 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item (80 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 373-482

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 373-482
Title:
Affairs in Herat
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1857-22 Jan 1859
Extent:
1 item (110 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/381, ff 277-457

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/381, ff 277-457
Title:
Affairs in the Persian Gulf and in Sindh
Scope & Content:
Enclosures nos. 2-71 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 31 January 1840. The enclosures are dated 9 October 1839-27 January 1840. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and in Sinde [Sindh]. Folios 286-353 ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1840
Extent:
1 item (181 folios)