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IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 366-765
- Record Id:
- 041-003431818
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100068758079.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083822146.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 366-765
- Title:
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Sindh, Punjab, and Afghanistan Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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Enclosures to Despatch to the Secret Committee No. 22, dated 27 December 1837.
The enclosures relate to the affairs of Sinde [Sindh], Lahore (the Punjab), and Afghanistan, and are dated 3 June to 25 September 1837.
The main correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Pottinger, Agent to the Governor General for the Affairs of Sindh; Captain Claude Martine Wade, Political Agent, Loodiana [Ludhiana]; and the Political Secretary to the Government of India (William Hay Macnaghten).
The papers cover: correspondence from Captain Alexander Burnes, on a Commercial Mission to Cabool (Kabul); intelligence from Lahore; correspondence concerning the need for a British Resident in Hyderabad; reports on the conflict between the Sikhs and Afghans over Peshawar; overtures by the Amir of Kabul (Dost Mohomed Khan [Dost Muhammad Khan]) to the King of Persia [Iran] for assistance against the Sikhs; reports by Wade on the attitude of Maharajah Runjeet Singh [Ranjit Singh]; reports by Charles Masson on the political situation in Afghanistan; reports by the Native Agent, Hyderabad; correspondence concerning the diplomatic mission of General Jean-Baptiste Ventura to the King of France on behalf of Ranjit Singh; itemised tables showing merchandise exported from Ludhiana, with comparative prices realised, and further information on trade in the region (folios 568-573); and correspondence between the Government of India, John McNeill (HBM's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia), and Burnes, acknowledging receipt of despatches concerning Persia and Afghanistan (the despatches themselves are not included).
- 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
041-003431818 - 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 366-765 : Sindh, Punjab, and Afghanistan Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0005]/037-000538963[0003]/040-000538966[0009]/041-003431818
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (400 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100083822146.0x000002
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1837
- End Date:
- 1837
- Date Range:
- 3 Jun - 27 Nov 1837
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 22
- Arrangement:
- There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-110, on folios 367-378. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)