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IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 21-30
- Record Id:
- 041-004254898
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100148832643.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100152608251.0x000010
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 21-30
- Title:
- Herat and Candahar Affairs
- Scope & Content:
-
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 49 of 1856, dated 8 October 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 11 June to 30 September 1856.
They consist of: correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department and the Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab and a translation of a letter from the Ameer of Cabool [Amīr of Kabul], Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy], to the Governor-General of India, the Marquis of Dalhousie, regarding the treaty between the Ameer and the British Government; and a translation of a Candahar [Kandahar] news letter forwarded to the Government of India by the Officiating Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, containing intelligence of the siege of Herat, and political affairs at Candahar.
- 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
040-000539067
041-004254898 - 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/5/229 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA’, Vol 148
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 21-30 : Herat and Candahar Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0005]/037-000538963[0104]/040-000539067[0004]/041-004254898
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (10 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100152608251.0x000010
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 8 Oct 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 49 of 1856
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bārakzāy, Dūst Muḥammad Khān, Amīr of Afghanistan, 1793-1863
Chief Commissioner, Punjab, 1850s - Subjects:
- Military intelligence
Political intelligence
Siege of Herat (1856)
Treaties - Places:
- Candahar, Afghanistan
