'Translation of a letter from Sheer Dil Khan Afghan to Mirza Moosa Minister to the Prince of Khorasan'

IOR/L/PS/9/68/192

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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 1818-1819. 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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Translation of a letter from Sheer Dil Khan Afghan [Shīrdil Khan Bārakzāy], the Governor of Ghazni, to Mirza Moosa [Mirza Mūsá], the Minister of the Prince of Khorasan. The letter details the overthrow of Shah Mahmood [Maḥmūd Shah Durrānī] by Sheer Dil Khan and his brothers following the capture and blinding of their brother Futteh Khan [Fatḥ Khan Bārakzāy], and their dispatch of an envoy to the Prince of Khorasan (Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirza Farmānfarmā) in the hope of negotiating an alliance with Persia [Iran].

The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Governor-General of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Fort William of 30 March 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/191).

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English in Latin script

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Letter

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/9/68/192
Date(s): 1818-1819 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Internal politics
Places: Afghanistan
People & organisations: Shīrdil Khan Bārakzāy

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/9/68/192
Title: 'Translation of a letter from Sheer Dil Khan Afghan to Mirza Moosa Minister to the Prince of Khorasan'
Pages: 1r:2r
Author: Bārakzāy, Shīrdil Khān
Usage terms: Public Domain

Reference: IOR/L/PS/9/68/192
Title: 'Translation of a letter from Sheer Dil Khan Afghan to Mirza Moosa Minister to the Prince of Khorasan'
Pages: 2v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence