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Afghanistan Affairs [‎131r] (67/82)

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 98-138

The record is made up of 1 item (41 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 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.

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IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 98-138
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Afghanistan Affairs
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