Bulletin of Intelligence from Candahar and Cabul
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Bulletin of Intelligence from Candahar and Cabul
- Date:
- 1802/1802
- Description:
- Abstract: A bulletin of intelligence from Afghanistan, written in French and dated 9 March 1802.The bulletin relays information from a messenger and merchants in Cabul [Kabul], including: reports that Shugia al Mulk [Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrānī] has taken refuge near Pishaver [Peshawar]; the consolidation of power by Chah Mahmoud [Mahmūd Shāh Durrānī]; the allocation of the governments of Herat and Candahar [Kandahar] to members of Chah Mahmood’s family; the relations of Chah Mahmoud with Fat Ali Chah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia]; and the potential threat from Mir Haydar Chah, Chief of the Eusbeks [Uzbeks] [Amīr Ḥaydar of Bukhara].The bulletin was copied by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]. Another copy of the bulletin is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/223.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- French
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Political intelligence
Mahmūd Shāh Durrānī
Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrāni - Geographic region:
- Afghanistan
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378880.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378880.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/221
IOR/L/PS/9/76/221