Punjab and Afghanistan Affairs

Title:

Punjab and Afghanistan Affairs

Date:

1856/1856

Description:

Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 65 of 1856, dated 22 December 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 1 November to 5 December 1856.They consist of despatches from the Officiating Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, and related correspondence, concerning matters including: the Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawur [Peshawar] Division, and the Officiating Deputy Commissioner, Peshawur, reporting the effect of the blockade against the Lowarghai [Lwargai] branch of the Shinwaree [Shīnwārī] tribe; the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab reporting overtures from the ‘notorious’ Ghilzye [Ghilzā’ī] ‘Chief’, Mahomed Shah Khan [Muḥammad Shāh Khān], and the Chief Commissioner’s recommendation that he should not be allowed to enter British territory, due to British relations with Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan [Amīr Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy].Other correspondents are: the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department; and Mahomed Shah Khan and Ubdool Kurreem Khan [‘Abd al-Karīm Khān].Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Blockades
Tribal relations
Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy

Geographic region:

Afghanistan
Punjab

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100152608251.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100152608251.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 376-387
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 376-387

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