Affairs in Afghanistan and the Punjab

Title:

Affairs in Afghanistan and the Punjab

Date:

1840/1840

Description:

Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 28 of 1840, dated 13 April 1840. The enclosures are dated [1 October 1839-2 March 1840] and contain correspondence relating to:Concerns of the East India Company (EIC) for the provisions, bhoosa [provender], uniforms, and funding of the Bombay Army’s mission to Afghanistan; its passage via Shekarpore [Shikarpur, also written in the item as Shikarpore and Shikarpoor] to Quetta; the passage of a military kafilla [qāfilah] carrying provisions via Ferozepore [Firozpur] to Cabool [Kabul, also written as Caubool in the item]; and compensation for horses of a ‘lost’ regimentDescriptions of the security, troops, and household of the Durrani Ruler, Shah Shoojah Ool Moolk [Shāh Shujāʿ al-Mulk]; resignations among the ranks of military leaders; and descriptions of the household and courtiers of the Durrani prince, Shahzadah Tymoor or Tymour [Shāhzādah Tīmūr bin Shāh Shujāʿ al-Mulk]Costs for the British mission to the Sikh Court [Court of the Sikh Khāliṣah] at Lahour [Lahore] covered by the EIC cantonment at Loodhiana [Ludhiana]; perceptions of hostility from the Sikh Court; abstracts of translated intelligence reports or ukhbar [akhbār] on the Sikh Court compiled at Lahore, and for the Punjab compiled at Amritsur [Amritsar]EIC requests for the supply of camels; schedules of payment for the hire of camels; the additional cost of camels procured from Gwalior via Delhie [Delhi]; the decision of the EIC to cover the costs of compensation for the loss of leased camels; and the substitution of camels with bullocks at Peshawur [Peshawar, also written this way in the item]The decision of the EIC to honour bills for the security of Afghan political allies; the treatment of state prisoners and maintenance for their households, including ‘enslaved’ persons; the release of prisoners from Cabool; the suppression of groups involved in plunder; and the cleaning of wells and sanitation.The correspondents listed in the abstract of contents (folios 438-443) are the Governor General, Calcutta [Kolkata]; Secretary with the Governor General, Calcutta; Her Majesty’s Envoy and Minister at the Court of Shah Shoojah Ool Moolk, Cabool; Office of the Collector at Delhie; Accountant of the North West Provinces; Envoy of Kelat [Kalat]; Political Agent, Loodhiana; Officiating Political Agent, Loodhiana; Commander-in-Chief of the Indus Army; Political Agent, Candahar [Kandahar]; Accountant General; Resident in Sinde [Sindh]; Assistant Resident in Sinde; Financial Department; Military Department; Political Agent, Shekarpore; Officiating Political Agent, Shekarpore; and the Deputy Assistant Commissary General, Ferozepore.Physical description: 1 item (431 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Political intelligence
Horses
Camels

Geographic region:

Punjab

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100152608264.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100152608264.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 13-443
IOR/L/PS/5/148, ff 13-443

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