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IOR/L/PS/5/160, ff 398-622
- Record Id:
- 041-003931119
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123130620.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133638563.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/160, ff 398-622
- Title:
- ‘Major Todd’s Memorial’
- Scope & Content:
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Enclosure nos. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of India, dated 20 August 1841. The enclosures are dated 18-19 August 1841, and contain for reference material dated 15 May 1839-2 July 1841.
Enclosure no. 3 (ff 401-615) comprises the majority of this item, and consists of a memorial by Captain Elliot D’Arcy Todd (sometimes referred to as ‘Major Todd’, a temporary rank he had previously held while serving in Persia [Iran]) outlining his service and achievements as Political Agent at Herat, and arguing for his reinstatement to that position. The memorial is followed by fourteen appendices containing correspondence and other papers included in support of Todd’s position. In addition to Todd the correspondents include: Yar Mahomed Khan [Yār Muḥammad Khān ‘Alī Kūzāy], Vuzeer [Vizier] of Herat; the Government of India; and various Indian Army officers.
Enclosure nos. 4-6 (ff 616-22) contain responses to Todd’s memorial from the Governor-General of India and members of the Council of India.
- 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
040-000538998
041-003931119 - 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/5/160 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA’, Vol 79
IOR/L/PS/5/160, ff 398-622 : ‘Major Todd’s Memorial’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0005]/037-000538963[0035]/040-000538998[0002]/041-003931119
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (205 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100133638563.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1841
- End Date:
- 1841
- Date Range:
- 20 Aug 1841
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- No. 71 of 1841
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)