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Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter') [‎270v] (19/35)

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The record is made up of 1 item (17 folios). It was created in 4 May 1839-4 Jul 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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  • General Orders issued by Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Indus (published in the London Gazette 30 August 1839), congratulating the army and its commanders on the capture of Candahar [Kandahar] and detailing the ceremony to take place on the occasion of HM Shah Shoojah-ool-Moolk [Shāh Shujā’ al-Mulk Durrāni] taking possession of his throne (ff 264-267)
  • Substance of two letters, 31 May-28 June 1839, from the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat informing Sir James Rivett Carnac, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], that he has concluded a treaty with the British Government and requesting guidance on the course of action he should take regarding the army of Mahomed Ali Pacha [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā, Governor of Egypt] which has appeared ‘in the Arab Country’ (ff 268-270)
  • Memorandum of Intelligence, dated 10 June 1839, covering events in: Lahore; Peshwar [Peshawar]; Cabool [Kabul]; Mooltan [Multan]; the Army of the Indus in Candahar [Kandahar], Afghanistan (particularly concerning finances); Upper Scinde [Sindh]; Gwalior; Joudhpore [Jodpur]; Nipal [Nepal]; and Items of General Intelligence (ff 271-278).
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Afghanistan Affairs, Muscat Affairs, and Memorandum of Intelligence ('Newsletter') [‎270v] (19/35), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 262-278, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100108178311.0x000094> [accessed 5 April 2025]

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