Letter from Colonel Robert Phayre, The Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to Captain Charles Henry Harrison, Political Agent, Khelat [Kalāt]
Mss Eur F126/22, f 114
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 4 Aug 1870. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Letter regarding entries in Captain Harrison's political diary regarding correspondence which the Khan of Khelat [Kalāt] had commenced with Ibrahim Khan of Chagkansoor [Chakhānsūr], Seistan [Sīstān] and regarding a statement within the correspondence that his people were originally subjects of Khelat and requesting the Khan's aid against the Persians.
The Colonel's letter states that the areas of Seistan and Chagkansoor are claimed by the Afghan's and that the Ameer of Caubool [Amir of Kabul], Shere Ally Khan [Shir 'Ali Khan] was in communication with the Government of India regarding the province and its fort and requesting that owing to this Captain Harrison ask the Khan to discontinue his correspondence with Ibrahim Khan.
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- 4 Aug 1870 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/22, f 114
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- Letter from Colonel Robert Phayre, The Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to Captain Charles Henry Harrison, Political Agent, Khelat [Kalāt]
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- 114r:114v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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