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IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 158-194
- Record Id:
- 041-004251007
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100144116961.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156754469.0x000005
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 158-194
- Title:
- Preparations for the First Anglo-Afghan War
- Scope & Content:
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This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Governor-General of India, Allahabad, Secret Department, to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 29A of 1842, dated 16 August 1842. The enclosures are numbered 1-12 and dated 7-28 July 1842. There is no abstract of contents.
The enclosures consist of letters relating to political and military affairs in Cabool [Kabul], Ghuznee [Ghazni], Jellalabad [Jalalabad], Candahar [Kandahar], Quetta, Shikarpore [Shikarpur], and the Punjab, with particular reference to the East India Company’s preparations for war in Afghanistan (the First Anglo-Afghan War, July 1839-October 1842). There are occasional corrections and annotations in pencil throughout this item.
The principal correspondents are: Lord Ellenborough, Governor-General; Major Outram, Quetta; Major General William Nott; and Major General I G Pollock, CB.
- 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
040-000539007
041-004251007 - 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/5/169 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA’, Vol 88
IOR/L/PS/5/169, ff 158-194 : Preparations for the First Anglo-Afghan War - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0005]/037-000538963[0044]/040-000539007[0005]/041-004251007
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (37 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100156754469.0x000005
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1842
- End Date:
- 1842
- Date Range:
- 16 Aug 1842
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 29A of 1842
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)