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21. IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 13-443

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 13-443
Title:
Affairs in Afghanistan and the Punjab
Scope & Content:
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 28 of 1840, dated 13 April 1840. The enclosures are dated [1 October 1839-2 March 1840] and contain correspondence relating to: Concerns of the East India Company (EIC) for the provisions, bho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1840
Extent:
1 item (431 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 21-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 21-30
Title:
Herat and Candahar Affairs
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 49 of 1856, dated 8 October 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 11 June to 30 September 1856. They consist of: correspon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1856
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 210-248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/230, ff 210-248
Title:
Anglo-Persian War: Military Operations of the Persian Expeditionary Force
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 15 of 1857, dated 24 March 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 14 February-23 March 1857. The initial enclosure comprise...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1857
Extent:
1 item (39 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 260-270

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 260-270
Title:
Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871. The papers consist of telegrams from the Political Secretary to the Government of Bombay to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, enclosing correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1871-17 Oct 1871
Extent:
1 item (11 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 608-612

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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 608-612
Title:
Zanzibar Affairs
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures contain correspondence from John Kirk, Acting Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar (dated August-September 1871), concerning events in Zanzibar, including: a description of a raid that resulted in d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1871-23 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

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

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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)

27. 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)

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

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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)

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

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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)

30. 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)