Intercepted Letter from Caboul
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Intercepted Letter from Caboul
- Date:
- 1802/1802
- Description:
- Abstract: A copy of an intercepted letter from Caboul [Kabul] from a French author to a correspondent in Paris, dated 8 March 1802.The author recounts his journey across India via Cachemire [Kashmir] to Caboul in a period of civil war, and his hopes to travel to Candahar [Kandahar] and Persia [Iran] and return to France. A postscript enquires after papers and objects sent by the author to Europe, remarks on the state of affairs in Cachemire, and complains of being surrounded by spies working for the English Government.A duplicate of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/249. An English translation of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/237.This letter was enclosed in the letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 20 June 1802 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/245).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- French
- Type:
- Letter
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Travel
- Geographic region:
- Afghanistan
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378900.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378900.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/238
IOR/L/PS/9/76/238