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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Military intelligence

11. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 454-500

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 454-500
Title:
Turkish Expedition to Nejd
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871. The papers cover: the aims of the Ottoman military expedition against Nejd [Najd]; correspondence with Midhut Pasha, Governor General of Baghdad; British support for Bahrein [Bahrain]; the movements of British wars...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1871-6 Dec 1871
Extent:
1 item (47 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 552-568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 552-568
Title:
Operations of Ottoman Military and Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures consist of collected intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. These include: reports by the Residency munshi, and the Commander of HM Gun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1871-16 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/5/358, ff 130-160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/358, ff 130-160
Title:
Affairs in Bahrain and Oman
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Government of Bombay, Political Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 5 of 1870, dated 26 March 1870, including an abstract of contents and enclosures dated 15 December 1869-10 February 1870. The enclosures concern British actions in relation to alleged Persian [I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1870
Extent:
1 item (31 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/5/358, ff 168-205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/358, ff 168-205
Title:
Affairs in Oman, Zanzibar and Bahrain
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Government of Bombay, Political Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 7 of 1870, dated 31 May 1870, including an abstract of contents and enclosures dated 31 January-7 May 1870. The enclosures relate to the following matters: The impending struggle between the Wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1870
Extent:
1 item (38 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 5A-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 5A-71
Title:
Treaty with the Ameers of Sind; and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter 25 May 1821. The enclosures are dated 20 December 1820-12 May 1821. (Attached to folio 5 is a note, f 5a, stating that the ‘Enclosure in Bombay Secr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1821
Extent:
1 item (68 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 113-142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 113-142
Title:
Intelligence Forwarded by Sir Alexander Burnes Relating to Progress of the British Invasion of Afghanistan (First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842)
Scope & Content:
Copies of intelligence despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Burnes, Envoy to Kelat [Kalat, also spelled Khelat in this volume], to William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister at Shah Shoojah’s Camp [Shah Shuja ul-Mulk], (copied to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1839-20 Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525

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IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 391-525
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and Arabian coastline, chiefly British attempts to avert potential conflicts between Arab maritime rulers, the disruption of trade with India, acts of ‘piracy’, and the undermining of British influence in the area. The papers nota...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1838-May 1839
Extent:
1 item (134 folios)

18. 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)

19. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 34-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 34-42
Title:
Intelligence Report ('Newsletter')
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report, entitled ‘Newsletter', dated 11 May 1839, covering: Peshawur [Peshawar]; the Army of the Indus; (chiefly regarding its approach to Candahar [Kandahar]); Upper Scinde [Sindh]; Joudhpore [Jodhpur]; Jhansi; Bithoor [Bithur]; Nipal [Nepal]; Ava [Inwa]; and Items of General Intel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1839
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

20. 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)