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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842) Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947

1. IOR/L/PS/5/137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/137
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 56
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports and financial statements relating to diplomatic, military and logistical preparations for the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army of the Indus. Pac...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (793 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/139
Title:
'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India', Vol 58
Scope & Content:
The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports, financial statements and some local newsletters, relating to diplomatic, military and logistical aspects of the British-led invasion of Afghanistan by the so-called Army...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 volume (839 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 158-194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 158-194
Title:
Preparations for the First Anglo-Afghan War
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Governor-General of India, Allahabad, Secret Department, to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 29A of 1842, dated 16 August 1842. The enclosures are numbered 1-12 and dated 7-28 July 1842. There is no abstract of conten...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1842
Extent:
1 item (37 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 248-883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 248-883
Title:
Preparations for the First Anglo-Afghan War
Scope & Content:
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Governor-General of India, Allahabad, Secret Department, to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 32 of 1842, dated 17 August 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-159 and are dated 17 July-16 August 1842. The enclosures c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1842
Extent:
1 item (636 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 376-384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 376-384
Title:
Recovery of Gates Believed to Have Been Plundered from the Temple of Somnath
Scope & Content:
Enclosures nos. 1-2 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay. The enclosures are dated 12-17 November 1842. The enclosures contain English and Hindi copies of an address by the Governor-General of India ‘to the Princes and people of India’ about the ‘recovery’ from the to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Hindi
Date Range:
Dec 1842
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 459-481

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 459-481
Title:
Recovery of Gates Believed to Have Been Plundered from the Temple of Somnath
Scope & Content:
Unnumbered enclosures to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 31 December 1842. The enclosures are dated 10 November-27 December 1842. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the ‘recovery’ from the tomb of Sultaun Mahmood of Ghuznee [Maḥmūd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Hindi
Date Range:
31 Dec 1842
Extent:
1 item (23 folios)