Afghanistan Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 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 54 of 1856, dated 22 October 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-11 and are dated 14 September to 9 October 1856.The enclosures consist of correspondence concerning affairs in Afghanistan, including intelligence regarding Herat, the Ameer of Cabool [Amīr of Kabul, also spelled Cabul in this item], Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy], leaving Candahar [Kandahar] for Cabool, and extracts of news letters from Cabool and Jellalabad [Jalalabad].The main correspondents are: the Officiating Secretary to the Chief Commissioner for the Punjab; and the Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawur [Peshawar] Division. Other correspondents include the Acting Commissioner in Sinde [Sindh], and Dost Mahomed Khan.Physical description: 1 item (41 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military intelligence
Siege of Herat (1856)
Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy - Geographic region:
- Afghanistan
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100152608251.0x00000b_ar
81055/vdc_100152608251.0x00000b_en
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 98-138
IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 98-138