British Relations with Dost Mahomed Khan and Herat Affairs [‎240v] (62/72)

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British Relations with Dost Mahomed Khan and Herat Affairs

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 210-245

The record is made up of 1 item (36 folios). It was created in 22 Nov 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 59 of 1856, dated 22 November 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-15 and are dated 14 October to 15 November 1856.

The enclosures consist of correspondence and a minute of the Governor-General of India concerning British relations with Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan of Cabool [Amīr Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy of Kabul], and his intentions regarding sending a military force to Herat.

The main correspondents are the following: the Secretary to the Government of India; the Officiating Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab; and Dost Mahomed Khan.

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/5/229
Title: ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM INDIA’, Vol 148
Pages: 240r:240v
Author: Baloch, Nasir Khan II Ahmedzai
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Reference: IOR/L/PS/5/229, ff 210-245
Title: British Relations with Dost Mahomed Khan and Herat Affairs
Pages: 216v:219r, 222r:222v, 236v:239r, 240r:240v
Author: Bārakzāy, Dūst Muḥammad Khān
Usage terms: Public Domain

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