Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 293-372
- Record Id:
- 041-003726071
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100113531856.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126288473.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 293-372
- Title:
- Affairs in Afghanistan
- Scope & Content:
- Enclosure nos. 3-24 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to events in Afghanistan and surrounding areas. Subjects covered include:
- An end to the British subsidy that had been paid to Dost Mahomed, Ameer of Cabul [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy, Amīr of Afghanistan], during the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57
- The position of Nawab Foujdar Khan [Nawwāb Fūjdār Khān] as British Vakeel [agent] at Cabul [Kabul]
- The return of the Kandahar Mission to India
- A request from Dost Mahomed for a Persian language copy of the Treaty of Paris, that ended the Anglo-Persian War
- Reports that the King of Bokhara [Naṣr Allāh Khān, Emir of Bukhara] has put down a rebellion in Oora Tuppuh [Istaravshan, Tajikistan] and declared war on Kokan [Khanate of Kokand]
- Reports that two men in Herat employed respectively by the British Minister at Tehran and the Chief Commissioner, Peshawur [Peshawar], had attempted to instigate a rebellion against the Amir Sirdar Sooltan Ahmed Khan [Sirdār Sulṭān Aḥmad Khān]
- Dost Mahomed’s rejection of a requested visit from a Russian envoy.
- 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
041-003726071 - 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 293-372 : Affairs in Afghanistan - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0005]/037-000538963[0128]/040-000539091[0003]/041-003726071
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (80 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100126288473.0x000003
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- 21 Jun 1858-8 Jan 1859
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)