Papers relating to a military expedition in Eusufzyee

IOR/L/PS/5/463, ff 2-11

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The record is made up of 1 item (10 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1850. 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 despatch from 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. , Secret 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 1 of 1850, dated 3 January 1850.

The enclosed papers, dated from 12 to 31 December 1849, concern military operations against villages in the Eusufzyee [Yusufzai] tribal region of Peshawar [also written Peshuwur in this item] district [in present-day Pakistan] that were refusing to submit to British authority. The papers include letters from the Adjutant-General of the Bombay Army, Lieutenant-Colonel H Hancock, Brigadier Sir Colin Campbell, Commanding at Peshawar, and Lieutenant-Colonel J Bradshaw, commanding the field force.

Folios 4-6 comprise a detailed report on the military operations by Bradshaw, with an attached casualty list.

Enclosure Nos. 5-6, listed in the abstract of contents (folio 2) as copies of the Bombay Overland Times and the Bombay Overland Telegraph and Courier, dated 3 January 1850, are recorded as missing in a note dated 31 October 1906.

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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 101

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/463

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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/5/463, ff 2-11
Former external reference(s): No. 1 of 1850
Date(s): 3 Jan 1850 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Military operations
People & organisations: Bombay Army, Adjutant-General

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/5/463, ff 2-11
Title: Papers relating to a military expedition in Eusufzyee
Pages: 2r:11v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence