Supplying the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus During the British-led Invasion of Afghanistan
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Supplying the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus During the British-led Invasion of Afghanistan
- Date:
- 1839/1839
- Description:
- Abstract: Copies of correspondence and other papers, chiefly comprising communications between Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde in this volume], and the Government of India, Bombay [Mumbai], regarding his arrangements for obtaining and transporting stores and supplies for the Bombay division of the Army of the Indus advancing from Kurrachee [Karachi] under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane.The papers notably cover:Obtaining boats, camels, horses and bullocksLogistics of moving stores down the line by land and river towards Bukker [Bukkur]Reports on the route from Kurrachee to Tatta [Thatta], by Lieutenant Buckle, Indian Navy, and Lieutenant Macleod, Bombay Engineers, and use of the Garrah [Gharo] Creek near the port of Kurrachee, including compass sketches of the route to the Creek (catalogued as sub-items IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 632 and 633)Payment of the Jam of Garrah for British use of the Garrah CreekCost estimate for repairing the Manora Fort [also spelled Munnara, Munara, and Moonarat in this volume] for damage sustained during the bombardment by HMS Wellesley, including drawing of fort (catalogued as sub-item IOR/L/PS/5/375, f 599)An account of a potential route from Sonmeanee [Somiani, also spelled Someena and Somanee in this volume] in Beloochistan [Balochistan] via Kelat [Kalat] to the city of Candahar [Kandahar] as described by a horse merchant of Affghanistan [Afghanistan] to Captain W C Harris, Field Engineer with the Sinde Reserve Force, 5 April 1839 (ff 601-613), including a list of places en route and remarks on each oneRates and payment of allowances for members of the Poona [Pune] Auxiliary Horse sent and attached to the Resident in Sinde to escort suppliesUrgent request by Captain William Joseph Eastwick, Officiating Political Agent, Upper Sinde, for the assignment of two assistants by the Bombay GovernmentIntelligence, with orders, replies and observations, from Lahore, Peshawur [Peshawar], Cabool [Kabul], Shikarpore [Shikarpur], the Army of the Indus, Nipal [Nepal], Ava, and general intelligence (ff 625-631).The principal correspondents are: Pottinger; and John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay.Physical description: The papers are not in chronological order.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military logistics
Political intelligence
Supplies - Geographic region:
- Balochistan
Kelat
Kurrachee - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100110385087.0x00000a_ar
81055/vdc_100110385087.0x00000a_en
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 577-633
IOR/L/PS/5/375, ff 577-633