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IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 76-292
- Record Id:
- 041-003726070
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113531844.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126288473.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 76-292
- Title:
- Report of the Kandahar Mission
- Scope & Content:
- Enclosure nos. 3-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures consist of copies of papers relating to the Kandahar Mission, a British diplomatic mission to Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1857-58. Most of the item consists of a detailed report from the head of the mission, Major Harry Burnett Lumsden, which covers the political and military situation in Afghanistan, and observations on culture, geography and population. Folio 144 includes a sketch of a fortified building encountered on the mission’s journey between Kohant [Kohat] and Cabul [Kabul]. Folios 195-210 consist of a vocabulary of the Kaffir [Nuristani] language. Folio 287 consists of a sketch map of Kaffiristan [Nuristan]. Folio 288 contains both a plan and a sketch of the Fort of Kilat-i-Chilze [Qalat-e Gilzay]. The enclosures also contain correspondence from the Commissioner, Peshawur [Peshawar], and the Chief Commissioner, Punjab, reacting to the report and discussing British policy towards Afghanistan in the wake of the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57 and the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- 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
040-000539091
041-003726070 - 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/5/253 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from India, Vol 172
IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 76-292 : Report of the Kandahar Mission - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/5/253, f 144 : Sketch of a Fortified Building
IOR/L/PS/5/253, f 287 : An Attempt at a Rough Sketch of Kaffiristan from Kaffir Information
IOR/L/PS/5/253, f 288 1 : Rough Plan of Fort of Kilat-i-Chilzie
IOR/L/PS/5/253, f 288 2 : Elevation of Fort to the South Front
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- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0005]/037-000538963[0128]/040-000539091[0002]/041-003726070
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (217 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100126288473.0x000004
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- 1 Jan 1858-2 Feb 1859
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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