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IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 435-456

Record Id:

041-003708022

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

037-000539564

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100108806784.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 435-456

Title:

Political No. 159 of 1873, Forwarding Papers Connected with the Murder of Major Macdonald, Late Commandant of the Michnee Fort

Scope & Content:

This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 15 September 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 13 October 1873, forwarding copies of papers connected with the murder of Major MacDonald, Commandant of the Michnee [Michni] Fort, by members of the Mohmund [Mohmand or Momand] (Pashtun) tribe. The enclosures provide a full account of all the proceedings so far undertaken by the Government of India on the subject and includes correspondence and Court of Inquest proceedings of the Commissioner of Peshawur [Peshawar]. The papers cover: measures in place to capture Bahram Khan, the apparent instigator of the murder; potential punishment of Nowroz [Nawruz] Khan, the Khan of Lalpoora [Lalpura] for making insufficient efforts to track down those involved in the murder; and liaison between the British authorities and the Ameer of Cabul [Amir of Kabul] over the incident.

The despatch is in continuation of Political No. 68 of 1 May 1873 and with reference to the Secretary of State for India's Political despatch No. 79, dated 4 June 1873. Only enclosures 10-24 (of 24) are included in this item. There is a note on folio 438 stating 'Enclosures 3 to 9 will be found in Proceedings Political A., June 1873, Nos. 54-64A., pages 147-163'.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000538283
036-000539452
037-000539564
040-000539570
041-003708022

Is part of:

IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/6 : Political Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/6/106-122 : Foreign Letters and Enclosures from India
IOR/L/PS/6/111 : FOREIGN LETTERS FROM INDIA

IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 435-456 : Political No. 159 of 1873, Forwarding Papers Connected with the Murder of Major Macdonald, Late Commandant of the…

Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0006]/036-000539452[0007]/037-000539564[0006]/040-000539570[0029]/041-003708022

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item (26 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1873

End Date:

1873

Date Range:

15 Sep 1873-13 Oct 1873

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 435, and terminates at f 456, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains four foliation anomalies: f 435a, f 437a, f 446a, and f 448a.

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