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Place Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province

1. Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31
Title:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing the Himalayan regions through which he passed.
Scope & Content:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1825
Extent:
51 volumes

2. Add MS 49116

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 49116
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. XXXI (ff. 233). 1850, 1851. includes: ff. 1-4b Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Maughan, Sind Baggage Corps: Letters, etc., to Sir C. J. Napier: 1850, 1852. ff. 5-6b Colonel George Borlase Tramenheere, Bengal Engineers: Memorandum by: 1850. ff. 5-6b City of Lahore, India: Memorandum rel. to demo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1850-1851
Extent:
1 item

3. IOR/V/23/337, Vol 4 No 2 [Art 2]

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/V/23/337, Vol 4 No 2 [Art 2]
Title:
Papers regarding the insalubrity of the Peshawar Valley. Lahore: Hope Press, 1859
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
pp. 44-67

4. IOR/X/12091

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12091
Title:
[Maps of troops, levies and police at locations in India]
Scope & Content:
A group of six maps, stamped for official use only, identifying the locations of Regular troops, Militia, B.M. Police, and Levies at locations in six different Divisions or Brigades in India:IOR/X/12091/1 - 'Map showing distribution of troops, levies and police in the Quetta Division'. Intelligen...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
6 sheets

5. IOR/X/12172/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12172/16
Title:
Military Report and Gazetteer on the Peshawar District 1939, second edition
Scope & Content:
Two copies (IOR/X/12172/16/1 and IOR/X/12172/16). For Official use Only. General Staff, India. Printed by Manager, Government of India Press, Calcutta 1940. Contents [Outline]:BibliographyBrief English-Pushtu vocabulary of useful wordsGlossary of Common Vernacular TermsChapter I. HistoryChapter I...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
2 volumes (each 304 pages) and 6 maps

6. IOR/X/12172/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12172/17
Title:
Pathans
Scope & Content:
Handbooks for the Indian Army. Compiled under the orders of the Government of India at the Recruiting Office Peshawar. Published by the Manager of Publications, Delhi. Printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, New Delhi, 1938. Compiled by F. M. Matthews, Lt.-Colonel, Recruiting Officer, ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 volume (133 pages) and 1 map

7. Mss Eur A64

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A64
Title:
Cecil Moncrieff Eales papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary of Capt (later Lt-Col) Cecil Moncrieff Eales (1861-1944), Indian Army, describing voyage to India and the routine of camp life, Peshawar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 volume

8. Mss Eur B218

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B218
Title:
Charles Masson papers.
Scope & Content:
`Private notes of Mr Masson as drawn up from memory': copies of narratives of seven journeys in Afghanistan and the Punjab made c1827-29 by Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1829
Extent:
1 volume

9. Mss Eur C376

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C376
Title:
Family correspondence of William Wonnacott, schoolmaster with British Army regiment in India, and his wife Emily
Scope & Content:
Wonnacott Collection: family correspondence, with typescript transcripts, of William Wonnacott (1841-78), schoolmaster 1/8th King's Regiment, British Army, and of his wife Emily Louisa (nee Short, d 1871), chiefly comprising letters home to parents and children describing conditions of army life ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1878
Extent:
6 items

10. Mss Eur C786

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C786
Title:
Dogra Regiment papers.
Scope & Content:
`An Abridged History of the Dogra Regiment' with other documents and recollections by members of the Regiment.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858-1947
Extent:
1 folder