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Mss Eur F126/5, ff 11-14
- Record Id:
- 041-002746083
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022580580.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024102601.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/5, ff 11-14
- Title:
- Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Lewis Pelly
- Scope & Content:
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Letter regarding the Ameer [Amir] of Cabul [Kabul], Shere Ali [Sher Ali Khan], who is refusing to give in or back down and the likelihood that a re-establishment of relations with him would now be impossible.
The letter goes on to give Burne's thoughts on a united and strong Afghanistan under a ruler such as Shere Ali, which if allowed he believes would be a mistake; the terms under which a restoration of relations could be agreed to which would need to include his signing away Candahar [Kandahār] and Herat, so that western Afghanistan would be under the Government of India's influence, or a ruler nominated by them; and if no restoration is possible to extend the Government's influence from Quetta and being prepared to take it by force if necessary in order to annul the effect of Russian advances and detach Western Afghanistan from Cabul.
A postscript to the letter informs Pelly that he is going to Madras with Lord Lytton (Robert Bulwer-Lytton) the following week; and of the news that Lord Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) is leaving the India Office.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002311283
036-002311284
040-002311289
041-002746083 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/1-11 : Personal and official correspondence and papers to and from Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/5 : Letters from Sir Owen Tudor Burne to Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/5, ff 11-14 : Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Lewis Pelly - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0001]/036-002311284[0005]/040-002311289[0004]/041-002746083
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 4 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x00037d
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1877
- End Date:
- 1877
- Date Range:
- 5 Aug 1877
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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