Punjab and Afghanistan Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Punjab and Afghanistan Affairs
- Date:
- 1837/1837
- Description:
- Abstract: Enclosures to Despatch to the Secret Committee No. 15, dated 9 October 1837.The enclosures relate to affairs in Lahore (the Punjab) and Afghanistan, and are dated 24 July - 11 September 1837.The papers cover: correspondence from Captain Claude Martine Wade, Political Agent, Loodeeana [Ludhiana], communicating political intelligence concerning the Punjab and Afghanistan; correspondence from Wade, and Captain Alexander Burnes, concerning the progress of Burnes's commercial mission to Cabool [Kabul]; remarks on Persian influence in Afghanistan; correspondence between the Governor General (Lord Auckland) and Maharajah Runjeet Singh [Ranjit Singh, Ruler of the Punjab], expressing the mutual goodwill of the British Government and the Sikh nation, and a willingness to promote commercial ties; minute by the Governor General on British policy on the frontier of Afghanistan; replies from the Secretary to the Government of India (William Hay Macnaghten); and a letter from the Governor General to Burnes commending his services in Afghanistan.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-14, on folios 230-231. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Trade (practice)
Foreign relations
Political intelligence - Geographic region:
- Lahore
Afghanistan - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100083822146.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100083822146.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 229-300
IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 229-300