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Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92
- Record Id:
- 032-002272054
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002272054
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002032.0x000160
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 Afghanistan, Persia, etc, relating to Elphinstone's Embassy to Kabul 1808 and Sir John Malcolm's mission to Persia 1810.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002272054", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur D128-129; E91-92: Memoirs on Afghanistan, Iran, and neighbouring countries by Mountstuart Elphinstone (qv), and Lt (later Capt) Francis Irvine…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002272054
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002272054
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 4 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1808
- End Date:
- 1810
- Date Range:
- 1808-1810
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- K247-50
- Finding Aids:
- For the full description, see G.R Kaye and E.H. Johnston, Catalogue of Manuscripts in European Languages (London: HMSO, 1937), no. K247-50
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Christie, Charles, army officer in Central Asia, d 1812
Elphinstone, Mountstuart, Governor of Bombay, historian of India, 1779-1859
Frederick, Edward, army officer in India, 1784-1866
Irvine, Francis, Captain
Macartney, John, Lieutenant
Pottinger, Henry, 1st Baronet, army officer and colonial governor, 1789-1856
Strachey, Richard, Creator of Mss Eur D514 - Places:
- Abū-Shahr, Persia
Afghanistan, Asia
Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Bahawalpur State, India
Būshehr, Persia
Central Asia, Asia
Herat, Afghanistan
Hormuz Isle, Persian Gulf
Indus River, India
Iran, Asia
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan
Kafiristan, Afghanistan
Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan
Khorāsān, Iran
Multan, Punjab
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province
Punjab, Asia