Search

Subject Military operations Place Afghanistan, Asia

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/133, ff 3-379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/133, ff 3-379
Title:
Contemplated operations to the Westward of the Indus
Scope & Content:
Enclosures no. 2-113 to dispatch no. 23 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 24 September 1838. The enclosures are dated 3 July-24 September 1838. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to preparations for the East India Company’s invasion of Afghanistan in ord...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1838
Extent:
1 item (377 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/227, ff 4-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/227, ff 4-37
Title:
Affairs in Persia and the Proposed Expedition to the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 14 of 1856, dated 8 April 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-14 and are dated 20 December 1855-24 March 1856. The enclosures comprise c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1856
Extent:
1 item (34 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/227, ff 195-210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/227, ff 195-210
Title:
Affairs in Persia and Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 17 of 1856, dated 22 April 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-5 and are dated 4 January-1 February 1856. The enclosures chiefly compris...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1856
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/228, ff 40-49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/228, ff 40-49
Title:
Intelligence Regarding Persia and Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 30 of 1856, dated 17 July 1856. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 28 June 1856. The enclosure consists of a letter from Lieuten...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 13-28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 13-28
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs Including the Fall of Herat to Persia
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 3 of 1857, dated 8 January 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 5-28 December 1856. The enclosures consist of two letters...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

7. 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)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 154-210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 154-210
Title:
Military Affairs in Afghanistan, India, Egypt and Syria, and Turkish Arabia
Scope & Content:
The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 117 of 1839, dated 25 October 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee containing a précis of the latest financial, military, political and general intelligence on: Lahore; Mooltan [Multan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1839
Extent:
1 item (57 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/393, ff 1-384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/393, ff 1-384
Title:
Affairs in Sinde, Afghanistan, and Elsewhere
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of Enclosures to a General Letter from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 27 of 1841, dated 31 March 1841. The enclosures are dated 29 December 1840 to 31 March 1841. They largely relate to the situation in Sinde [Sindh], a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1841
Extent:
1 item (384 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 482-614

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/415, ff 482-614
Title:
‘Affairs in the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-29 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 31 December 1842. The enclosures are dated 16 September-29 December 1842. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, including: Events following a mutiny a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1842
Extent:
1 item (133 folios)