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Place Kafiristan, Afghanistan

1. Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92
Title:
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afghanistan, Persia, etc, relating to Elphinstone's Embassy to Kabul 1808 and Sir John Malcolm's mission to Persia 1810.
Scope & Content:
Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine (1786-1855), Bengal Army 1805-22, mostly incorporated into Elphinstone's `Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' (London 1815); also list of nine memoirs by various hands on Afg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1810
Extent:
4 volumes

2. Mss Eur E420

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E420
Title:
Papers of General Sir Edmund Barrow, Indian Army 1877-1919; Military Secretary, India Office 1914-17; Member of Council of India 1917-24; including material relating to the Kitchener-Curzon controversy of 1905
Scope & Content:
Barrow Collection: official, demi-official and private papers, correspondence and diaries of General Sir Edmund George Barrow (1852-1934), Indian Army 1877-1919, Military Secretary, India Office 1914-17, Member, Council of India 1917-24, including material relating to the Kitchener-Curzon controv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1930
Extent:
45 items