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IOR/H/592

Record Id:: 040-000004677
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-000004036
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x000193
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/H/592
Title:: Charles Metcalfe's Mission to Lahore.
Scope & Content:: (1) pp. i-ii, List of Contents. (2) Minutes by Lord Minto. pp. 1-20, 17th June 1808, Necessity of counteracting French intrigues by despatch of envoys to Lahore and Cabul, Choice of C. T. Metcalfe as Envoy to Runjeet Singh at Lahore to prepare the way for a Mission to Cabul; pp. 85-93, 2nd July 1808, Objects to Commander-in-Chief's proposal to attach Military Officers of high rank to the Mission. (3) pp. 23-65, 159-65, 285-9, 313-6, Neil Benjamin Edmonstone to C. T. Metcalfe 20th June to 1st Aug. 1808, Instructions and intelligence. (4) pp. 67-73, 167-9, N. B. Edmonstone to Archibald Seton (Resident at Delhi) 20th June and 11th July 1808, in reference to Metcalfe's Mission. (5) pp. 75-6, 155-8, Lord Minto to Runjeet Singh 20th June and 11th July 1808. (6) pp. 79-82, Minute by Sir George Hewett, Commander-in-Chief, 22nd June 1808, proposing to attach military officers of high rank to the Mission. (7) pp. 97-144, Capt. A. Matthews to Capt. G. F. Fagan (Acting Adjutant-General) 3rd to 30th May 1808, narrating his proceedings in the Punjab from the Sutlej to Lahore. Says (p. 143) that Runjeet Sing was very fond of European Articles and had given 1,200 rupees for a brass watch made probably by one of Gen. Martin's watchmakers at Lucknow. Also that he was very frightened of the English owing to a prophecy by "Gooroo Taj [Tegh] Bahadur, one of their ten Saints, that the English will one day be masters of the Punjab." Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed in 1673 by order of Alamgir. (See H.I.O. Garrett's Edition of Cunningham's History of the Sikhs, 1918, p. 65 (n).) (8) Runjeet Singh. pp. 147-52, to Lord Minto 6th July 1808, with proposed Agreement between himself and the British; pp. 295-7, to Archibald Seton 6th Aug. 1808. (9) pp. 171-99, 221-6, Thomas Brooke (2nd Judge of the Appeal Court at Benares) to Edmonstone 26th May to 22nd July 1808, Alleged intrigue between Runjeet Singh and Amrit Rao (deposed Peshwa, Resident at Benares). (10) N. B. Edmonstone. pp. 201-9, to Thomas Brooke 25th June 1808; pp. 211-8, 274-88, to William Augustus Brooke (Senior Judge of the Appeal Court at Benares) 11th July to 29th Aug. 1808, Alleged intrigue of Runjeet Singh. (11) pp. 239-54, W. A. Brooke to Edmonstone 30th July 1808. (12) pp. 257-72, Memoir by Edmonstone on the alleged intrigue between Runjeet Sing and Amrit Rao 25th Aug. 1808. (13) Archibald Seton. pp. 291-3 to Runjeet Sing 17th July 1808; pp. 299-305, 319-86, to Edmonstone 26th July to 2nd Aug. 1808, the Mission to Lahore. (14) pp. 307-10, C. T. Metcalfe to Edmonstone 14th July 1808, Enquires as to the conduct to be observed by the Mission in case Runjeet Sing makes any of his frequent military raids during the Mission's presence at Lahore.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000004036
036-000004676
040-000004677
Is part of:: IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/592-595 : Charles Metcalfe's mission to Lahore

IOR/H/592 : Charles Metcalfe's Mission to Lahore.
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1808
End Date:: 1808
Date Range:: 1808
Era:: CE
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