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IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 343-349
- Record Id:
- 041-004073383
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100140187363.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100157091557.0x000012
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 343-349
- Title:
- Herat Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 44 of 1856, dated 10 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 29 May-8 June 1856.
The enclosures consist of summaries of two letters which originated from pro-British authors in Herat and which were forwarded to Captain William Lockyer Merewether, Acting Political Superintendent on the Frontier of Upper Sind [Sindh], by the minister of the Khan of Khelat [Khān of Kalat]. The letters provide accounts of: why the Ruler of Herat originally turned to the Persian [Iranian] Government for assistance against a feared attack on the town by Dost Mahomed Khan of Kandahar [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy] and why he subsequently turned to the British for assistance against Persia; and how the British flag came to be hoisted in Herat and those individuals involved.
Also included in the item is the covering letter from Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Acting Commissioner in Sind, who forwards the summaries to the Governor of Bombay.
- 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
041-004073383 - 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 343-349 : Herat Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0125]/040-000539333[0018]/041-004073383
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (7 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100157091557.0x000012
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 10 Jun 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 44 of 1856
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)