Herat Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Herat Affairs
- Date:
- 1856/1856
- Description:
- Abstract: 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.Physical description: 1 item (7 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Governor of Herat
- Geographic region:
- Herat
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100157091557.0x000012_ar
81055/vdc_100157091557.0x000012_en
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 343-349
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 343-349