Political No. 159 of 1873, Forwarding Papers Connected with the Murder of Major Macdonald, Late Commandant of the Michnee Fort
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Political No. 159 of 1873, Forwarding Papers Connected with the Murder of Major Macdonald, Late Commandant of the Michnee Fort
- Date:
- 1873/1873
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 15 September 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 13 October 1873, forwarding copies of papers connected with the murder of Major MacDonald, Commandant of the Michnee [Michni] Fort, by members of the Mohmund [Mohmand or Momand] (Pashtun) tribe. The enclosures provide a full account of all the proceedings so far undertaken by the Government of India on the subject and includes correspondence and Court of Inquest proceedings of the Commissioner of Peshawur [Peshawar]. The papers cover: measures in place to capture Bahram Khan, the apparent instigator of the murder; potential punishment of Nowroz [Nawruz] Khan, the Khan of Lalpoora [Lalpura] for making insufficient efforts to track down those involved in the murder; and liaison between the British authorities and the Ameer of Cabul [Amir of Kabul] over the incident.The despatch is in continuation of Political No. 68 of 1 May 1873 and with reference to despatch from the Secretary of State for India's Political despatch No. 79, dated 4 June 1873. Only enclosures 10-24 (of 24) are included in this item. There is a note on folio 415 stating: 'Enclosures 3 to 9 will be found in Proceedings Political A., June 1873, Nos. 54-64A., pages 147-163'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 412, and terminates at f 422, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies: f 412a and f 414a.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Criminal investigation
King of Afghanistan - Geographic region:
- Lalpoora
Peshawur
Punjab - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108803072.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108803072.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 412-422
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 412-422