Search

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

11. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 618-630

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 618-630
Title:
Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures consist of intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; and the Agent at Shiraz, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1871-23 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 638-647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 638-647
Title:
Turkish Arabia Affairs
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures consist of Despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, Consul-General, Baghdad, to the British Ambassador in Constantinople, concerning affairs in Turkish Arabia. The Despatches cover: insu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1871-23 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

13. 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)

14. 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)

15. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 377-390
Title:
Intelligence from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil Concerning Affairs in Persia [Iran]
Scope & Content:
The letters convey intelligence of the movements of the Shah of Persia [Iran]; the Shah’s purported aggressive intentions regarding Afghanistan or ‘Khorassan’ (chiefly Herat), and Turkey [Ottoman Empire] (chiefly Bagdad [Baghdad] and Azerbijan [Azerbaijan]); conditions in Herat since the ending ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1839
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 577-633

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 577-633
Title:
Supplying the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus During the British-led Invasion of Afghanistan
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence and other papers, chiefly comprising communications between Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde in this volume], and the Government of India, Bombay [Mumbai], regarding his arrangements for obtaining and transporting stores and supplies for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1839-Apr 1839
Extent:
1 item (56 folios)

17. 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)

18. 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)

19. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 45-86
Title:
Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
The item mainly relates to affairs in the Persian Gulf. It chiefly comprises copies of despatches of Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], with relevant enclosures, such as letters to and from Hennell, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1839-12 Jun 1839
Extent:
1 item (42 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278
Title:
Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter')
Scope & Content:
This item comprises three separate documents, as follows: General Orders issued by Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Indus (published in the London Gazette 30 August 1839), congratulating the army and its commanders on the capture of Candahar [Kandahar] an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1839-4 Jul 1839
Extent:
1 item (17 folios)