'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India, Vol 57'

Title:

'Enclosures to Secret Letters from India, Vol 57'

Date:

1838/1839

Description:

Abstract: The volume contains copies of secret correspondence relating to the British-led invasion of Afghanistan in 1839. The letters and memoranda cover the period beginning with the landing of the so-called Army of the Indus in Sinde [Sindh, also written as Scinde] in late 1838 to its arrival in Candahar [Kandahar].Principal correspondents include: Henry Whitelock Torrens, Secretary to the Governor-General; William Hay Macnaghten, Envoy and Minister to the Court of Shah Shooja [Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk]; Lieutenant Elliott D'Arcy Todd, in charge of the British Mission to Caboul [Kabul, also written as Cabool]; Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Burnes, British Envoy to Kelat; Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Mackeson, Agent at Peshawar; Major-General Willoughby Cotton, Commander of the Bengal Division of the Army of the Indus; Major-General Sir John Keane, Commander in Chief of the Bombay Army; Thomas Herbert Maddock, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor General; and Lieutenant-General Henry Pottinger, Resident at Sinde. Other correspondents include local rulers (including those of Herat, Khyrpoor [Khairpur], and Kelat), British and 'Native' Agents in the region, officers of the Commissariat, representatives of the treasury in Delhi, and several political, military, and diplomatic officers of the East India Company.Matters covered by the papers include:Supply, carriage, and communication, including road surveys and the navigation and bridging of the Indus RiverFinancial matters, including the transferral of funds to pay for supplies and subsidiesAppointment and payment of officersIntelligence on the activities of Russians and hostile individuals and groups in the regionProgress of the armyRelations with the rulers of Sinde, Herat, Khyrpoor, and Bhawalpoor [Bahawalpur].The volume includes a letter to Kamran Shah in transliterated Dari (folios 474-477).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 808; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842)

Geographic region:

Candahar
Sinde

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000274.0x000341_ar
81055/vdc_100000000274.0x000341_en
IOR/L/PS/5/138
IOR/L/PS/5/138

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