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IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 13-443
- Record Id:
- 041-004250898
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143975596.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100152608264.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 13-443
- Title:
- Affairs in Afghanistan and the Punjab
- Scope & Content:
- Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 28 of 1840, dated 13 April 1840. The enclosures are dated [1 October 1839-2 March 1840] and contain correspondence relating to:
- Concerns of the East India Company (EIC) for the provisions, bhoosa [provender], uniforms, and funding of the Bombay Army’s mission to Afghanistan; its passage via Shekarpore [Shikarpur, also written in the item as Shikarpore and Shikarpoor] to Quetta; the passage of a military kafilla [qāfilah] carrying provisions via Ferozepore [Firozpur] to Cabool [Kabul, also written as Caubool in the item]; and compensation for horses of a ‘lost’ regiment
- Descriptions of the security, troops, and household of the Durrani Ruler, Shah Shoojah Ool Moolk [Shāh Shujāʿ al-Mulk]; resignations among the ranks of military leaders; and descriptions of the household and courtiers of the Durrani prince, Shahzadah Tymoor or Tymour [Shāhzādah Tīmūr bin Shāh Shujāʿ al-Mulk]
- Costs for the British mission to the Sikh Court [Court of the Sikh Khāliṣah] at Lahour [Lahore] covered by the EIC cantonment at Loodhiana [Ludhiana]; perceptions of hostility from the Sikh Court; abstracts of translated intelligence reports or ukhbar [akhbār] on the Sikh Court compiled at Lahore, and for the Punjab compiled at Amritsur [Amritsar]
- EIC requests for the supply of camels; schedules of payment for the hire of camels; the additional cost of camels procured from Gwalior via Delhie [Delhi]; the decision of the EIC to cover the costs of compensation for the loss of leased camels; and the substitution of camels with bullocks at Peshawur [Peshawar, also written this way in the item]
- The decision of the EIC to honour bills for the security of Afghan political allies; the treatment of state prisoners and maintenance for their households, including ‘enslaved’ persons; the release of prisoners from Cabool; the suppression of groups involved in plunder; and the cleaning of wells and sanitation.
- 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
040-000538986
041-004250898 - 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/5/148 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA' Vol 67
IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 13-443 : Affairs in Afghanistan and the Punjab - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0005]/037-000538963[0023]/040-000538986[0002]/041-004250898
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (431 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100152608264.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1840
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 13 Apr 1840
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 28 of 1840
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)