Affairs in Afghanistan

Title:

Affairs in Afghanistan

Date:

1858/1859

Description:

Abstract: Enclosure nos. 3-24 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to events in Afghanistan and surrounding areas. Subjects covered include:An end to the British subsidy that had been paid to Dost Mahomed, Ameer of Cabul [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy, Amīr of Afghanistan], during the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57The position of Nawab Foujdar Khan [Nawwāb Fūjdār Khān] as British Vakeel [agent] at Cabul [Kabul]The return of the Kandahar Mission to IndiaA request from Dost Mahomed for a Persian language copy of the Treaty of Paris, that ended the Anglo-Persian WarReports that the King of Bokhara [Naṣr Allāh Khān, Emir of Bukhara] has put down a rebellion in Oora Tuppuh [Istaravshan, Tajikistan] and declared war on Kokan [Khanate of Kokand]Reports that two men in Herat employed respectively by the British Minister at Tehran and the Chief Commissioner, Peshawur [Peshawar], had attempted to instigate a rebellion against the Amir Sirdar Sooltan Ahmed Khan [Sirdār Sulṭān Aḥmad Khān]Dost Mahomed’s rejection of a requested visit from a Russian envoy.The primary correspondents are: Dost Mahomed; Sooltan Ahmed Khan; Foujdar Khan; the Commissioner, Peshawur; the Chief Commissioner, Punjab; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (80 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Subsidies
Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857)
Diplomacy

Geographic region:

Afghanistan
Emirate of Bukhara
Emirate of Herat
Khanate of Kokand

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100126288473.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100126288473.0x000003_en
IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 293-372
IOR/L/PS/5/253, ff 293-372

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