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IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 121-128
- Record Id:
- 041-004073369
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100140182839.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100157091557.0x000006
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 121-128
- Title:
- Herat Affairs
- Scope & Content:
-
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 31 of 1856, dated 28 April 1856. The enclosures are dated 16-23 April 1856.
The item consists of translations of two letters (ff 124-126) addressed by Mahomed Yusoof [Muḥammad Yūsuf, also spelled Yussuff in this item], Ruler of Herat, to the British Government. In the letters Mahomed Yusoof: requests British assistance against the attack on Herat by the Persian [Iranian] Army; declares himself and all the Afghan and Persian inhabitants of Herat to be ‘servants of the British Government’ (f 126); and states that he has hoisted the British flag in the town.
Also included in the item are: a covering letter from Captain William Lockyer Merewether, Acting Political Superintendent on the Frontier of Upper Sind [Sindh] who, having received them from a messenger sent by the Khan of Kelat’s [Kalat] minister, forwards them to Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Acting Commissioner in Sind; the covering letter by Jacob who forwards them to the Governor and President in Council, Bombay; and a Resolution of the Board, Bombay, for the letters to be forwarded to the Government of India.
Jacob informs the Government of Bombay that he has sent a reply indicating the British Government ‘has at present no intention of interfering with proceedings at Herat’ (f 122).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539333
041-004073369 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/487 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 125
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 121-128 : Herat Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0125]/040-000539333[0006]/041-004073369
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100157091557.0x000006
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 28 Apr 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 31 of 1856
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)