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Arms, Ammunition and Five Lakhs of Rupees for Dost Mahomed Khan [77v] (32/46)
The record is made up of 1 item (23 folios). It was created in 22 Oct 1856. 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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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 Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 52 of 1856, dated 22 October 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-11 and are dated 16 September to 18 October 1856.
They consist of correspondence and a minute by the Governor-General of India, Charles Canning, concurred in by the members of the Council, relating to the transport of arms and ammunition and the remittance of five lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. to the Ameer of Cabool [Amīr of Kabul, also spelled Cabul in this item], Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy].
The correspondents are: the Secretary to the Government of India; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ; and the Officiating Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab.
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- Arms, Ammunition and Five Lakhs of Rupees for Dost Mahomed Khan
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