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IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 229-300
- Record Id:
- 041-003431687
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100068660715.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083822146.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 229-300
- Title:
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Punjab and Afghanistan Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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Enclosures to Despatch to the Secret Committee No. 15, dated 9 October 1837.
The enclosures relate to affairs in Lahore (the Punjab) and Afghanistan, and are dated 24 July - 11 September 1837.
The papers cover: correspondence from Captain Claude Martine Wade, Political Agent, Loodeeana [Ludhiana], communicating political intelligence concerning the Punjab and Afghanistan; correspondence from Wade, and Captain Alexander Burnes, concerning the progress of Burnes's commercial mission to Cabool [Kabul]; remarks on Persian influence in Afghanistan; correspondence between the Governor General (Lord Auckland) and Maharajah Runjeet Singh [Ranjit Singh, Ruler of the Punjab], expressing the mutual goodwill of the British Government and the Sikh nation, and a willingness to promote commercial ties; minute by the Governor General on British policy on the frontier of Afghanistan; replies from the Secretary to the Government of India (William Hay Macnaghten); and a letter from the Governor General to Burnes commending his services in Afghanistan.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000538963
040-000538966
041-003431687 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/126-258 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from India
IOR/L/PS/5/128 : ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA.
IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 229-300 : Punjab and Afghanistan Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0005]/037-000538963[0003]/040-000538966[0005]/041-003431687
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (72 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100083822146.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1837
- End Date:
- 1837
- Date Range:
- 24 Jul - 9 Oct 1837
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 15
- Arrangement:
- There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-14, on folios 230-231. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)