Memorandum of Intelligence from Candahar [‎44v] (4/4)

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Memorandum of Intelligence from Candahar

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 43-44

The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 18 May 1839. 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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Content: The memorandum, dated 18 May 1839, Kurrachee [Karachi], comprises a report by a merchant who left Candahar [Kandahar] on 29 April. It covers: the arrival of the British Army of the Indus at Candahar on 23 April 1839, the ‘submission’ of local chiefs to Shah Shoojah [Shāh Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrāni]; the ‘fleeing’ of the Barukzye [Bārakzay] brothers from Candahar; the dispatch by Dost Mahomed [Dōst Moḥammad Khān Bārakzay] of his family to Bukhara; the apparent lack of military opposition to the British force; the ‘delight’ of the inhabitants of Candahar at the arrival of the British; and the condition of the troops.
Extent and format: 1 item (2 folios)
Written in: English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 43-44
Title: Memorandum of Intelligence from Candahar
Pages: 43r:44v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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