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: An intercepted letter from a French author in Caboul [Kabul] to a correspondent in Spanish Biscay, 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 home.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/9/76/236.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_100109378911.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378911.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/247
IOR/L/PS/9/76/247