Persian Gulf Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Persian Gulf Affairs
- Date:
- 1839/1839
- Description:
- Abstract: The papers mainly relate to affairs in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan.They notably cover and include:Movement and actions of Egyptian forces in Arabia during the Anglo-Afghan War, including distribution and position of units; details of Bedouin troops and positions; their military weapons and equipment; troops under the command of Mahomed Ally of Egypt [Kavalali, Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha, Governor of Egypt] and other aspects of the conflictRestrictions on commerce in Karrack port [Kharg, also known as Khark; also written as Kharrack in the correspondence], as imposed by the British GovernmentReport on the proceedings of Captain Atkins Hamerton, on a Mission to Baghdad (various spellings used throughout), including observations on the city and its officialsCorrespondence between British officials and Khorshid Pasha [Hurshid Pasha, Amir al-Umara] Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Forces in Nedgd [Najd].The item also includes intelligence reports (entitled ‘news letters’) covering the following: events in Lahore; Peshawar; Cabool [Kabul]; Bokhara [Bukhara]; Herat; the Army of the Indus; Nipal [Nepal]; British Mission to Heerat [Herat]; financial matters.The main correspondents are: John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]; Lestock Robert Reid, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay; Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden; William Sprott Boyd, Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay; Colonel Campbell, HM Consul General in Alexandria; Samuel Hennell, Resident, Persian Gulf; and Colonel Justin Sheil, Secretary to the British Legation in Persia [Iran].Physical description: The entries are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the grouping.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842)
- Geographic region:
- Afghanistan
Persian Gulf - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100110518218.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100110518218.0x000003_en
IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 201-374
IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 201-374