BDOOLLAH JAN, heir apparent
ABDOOLLAH heir
Abdul Rahman Khan, nephew of the Ameer Shere Ali and pre- tender to the throne, a refugee in Russian Turkistan, protected on condition of abstaining from in- trigues against the Afghan State, 230, 240, 296.
Adye, Gen. Sir John, opposed to any advance into Afghanistan, 25. Afzul Khan, Mahomed, see Ufzul. Argyll, Duke of, on Umballa Con-
his several statements on the subject, 314-317.
Bellew, Dr. H. A., conversation with Syud Noor Mahomed in January, 1877, 113; says that Quetta is considered by the Afghans to be part of their country, 204. Butler, Captain, supposed to be in- citing Turkoman chiefs to co- operate in war against Russia, 294; recalled by British Government, but remains in Turkistan, 294.
YAVAGNARI, Major, sent for-
ference of 1869, 32; makes in-ward by Sir Neville Chamber-
quiries of Lord Salisbury as to our relations and policy with re- gard to Afghanistan, and as to military demonstration on frontier, 160, 161. Atta Mahomed, Nawab, British Vakeel or Native Agent at Cabul, his competency, 59, 60; sum- moned to Simla in 1876, 103; conveys a threatening message from Lord Lytton to Shere Ali, 104; rewarded for his faithful services, 106, 157; unjustly charged with stupidity or dis- loyalty, 146, 157; withdrawn from Cabul, 168.
BAKER, Colonel, excluded from
Afghanistan by the Ameer, 52. Beaconsfield, Earl of, declares the purpose of the Afghan war to be the attainment of a scientific frontier,' 314; contradictions in
lain into Afghan territory and turned back by the Commandant of Ali Musjeed, 178; his diary bears witness to Shere Ali's alarm at the Russian Mission and en- deavour to stop it, 299, 300. Chamberlain, General Sir Neville, appointed Envoy to Cabul, 174; believes the Ameer is trifling with us, 178; and that if Lord Lytton orders the advance of the Mission there can be no peaceful solution, 178.
Conference, see Umballa, Simla, and Peshawur.
Councillors, Lord Lytton's, in 1876, their notes of dissent not re- corded, 96, 102, 103. Cranbrook, Viscount, Secretary of State, his account in a despatch, dated November 18, 1878, of the transactions with Shere Ali, 185-
196; erroneously represents the Ameer as being actuated by fear of Russia in sending his Envoy to the Simla Conference, 188-197; erroneously represents assistance against invasion to have been refused at the Simla Conference, and imputes that imagined re- fusal to Mr. Gladstone's Govern- ment, 188-197; drops all mention of the Treaty of 1857, 186, 196; describes very inaccurately the correspondence between Shere Ali and the Russian General Kaufmann, 267-270; insists on British Mission being received at Cabul, and proposes to remon- strate against Russian Mission, 309.
YHOLAM Hussein, Nawab, J British Vakeel or Native Agent at Cabul, 61; sent to Cabul to announce Sir Neville Chamberlain's Mission, 174, 175; recommends patience and believes Mission will be received if there is no display of force, 176. Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., his Government in 1869 comes to an understanding with Russia re- garding Central Asia and Afghan- istan, 228, 232; his good under- standing with Russia on these points in 1874, 240. Gortschakoff, Prince, Russian Chan-
cellor, his circular of November 21, 1864, on Central Asian affairs,
his letters to Shere Ali, 53; exaggeration as to his intercourse with the Ameer, 143, 157; his letters to the Ameer Shere Ali, 254; approved by Lord Mayo, 257, 259, 262; his letters to the Ameer in 1872 and 1873, 263, 264; his letters to the Ameer in August and October, 1875, 266, 267; sends a messenger to Cabul in February 1876, 267; his cor- respondence with the Ameer de- nounced by Lord Lytton, 276, 277; Lord Salisbury complains of his letters to Cabul, 287. Khiva, discussions between the British and Russian Governments as to the expedition to, 234-239; considered by Russia to be quite within her sphere of action,' 244.
LAWRENCE, Sir John (afterwards
Lord), concludes Treaty of 1855 with Dost Mahomed, 1; Treaty of 1857, 2; succeeds as Viceroy, 4; preserves neutrality in civil war, 4; recognises Ufzul Khan as de facto ruler, 5; farewell letter of 1869 to Ameer Shere Ali, 27; deprecates occupation of Quetta,
Loftus, Lord A., on Gen. Llamakin's circular, 1864, 241; reports Mr. Disraeli's speech in the House of
Commons of May 5, 1876, to be well received in Russia, 251; in- quires of Gortschakoff in Novem- ber, 1876, as to Russian Agent at Cabul and designs on Merv, 281; inquires as to Russian Mission to Cabul, 293.
Lytton, Lord, succeeds as Viceroy,
85; his instructions from Lord Salisbury, 87; he is to announce his assumption of the Viceroyalty, under the new conditions,' by a special mission to the Ameer of Afghanistan, 88; keeps out the adverse Minutes of three Coun- cillors, 102; sends a threatening
source of satisfaction and a ground of confidence,' 257-259; expresses himself to the same effect in despatch to the Home Govern- ment, 259, 260; considers Kauf- mann's letter of 1871 to the Ameer Shere Ali, 'most satisfactory,' 262. Merv, considered by Russia to be
far beyond recognised Afghan frontier, 244; inquiry made of Russian Government, in 1876, as to designs on, 281.
Muir, Sir William, Member of Lord Lytton's Council, his Minute of dissent shut out, 102, 103.
TAPIER, Captain, supposed by
message to Shere Ali by the Na-Russia to be inciting Turko-
tive Agent, 104-106; insists on British agency in Afghanistan, 106; and invites the Ameer to the Imperial assemblage at Delhi, 107; gives instructions and draft treaty to Sir Lewis Pelly, 107; abruptly orders Peshawur Con- ference to be closed, 126; with- draws the Native Agent from Ca- bul, but withholds all mention of that step from public despatches, 168, 169; orders the occupation of Quetta, 218; complains of Gen. Kaufmann's correspondence with the Afghan Ameer, 276, 277; reports the advent of Russian Envoy to Cabul, 172, 173; made war inevitable by his aggressive policy, 173, 174; orders Sir Neville Chamberlain's mission with military escort to cross the Afghan frontier, 178; sends ulti- matum to Shere Ali, 180; issues proclamation of war, 182.
mans in 1878 to war, 294. Native Agent, see Atta Mahomed, Gholam Hussein and Vakeel; withdrawn from Cabul after Peshawur Conference, 168, 169; reports the Ameer Shere Ali's communications with the Russian Governor in 1873, 265, 266; nothing important escaped his vigilance, 266; since his removal, the Ameer was without direct communication with the British Government, 306.
Noor Mahomed Syud, Afghan Minister and Envoy, deputed to meet Lord Northbrook at Simla in 1873, 41; meets Sir Lewis Pelly at Peshawur in January, 1877, 113; his conversation with Dr. Bellew, 113-115; denies that the Ameer is anxious for any new engagement, 117; denies any design of jehad or religious war, 122; his death at Peshawur, 122. Norman, Gen. Sir H., opposed to the forward policy,' 25, 206; his dissent in Council not recorded, 96-102.
Northbrook, Earl of, holds con- ference at Simla with Afghan Envoy in 1873, 43; assures Ameer of assistance against in- vasion, 44, 92; letter thereon to
Shere Ali, 45; thinks Afghan Government stronger under Shere Ali than ever before, 66, 83, 185; objects to concealing real purpose of Mission from the Ameer, 76; disbelieves in Russian designs on Afghanistan, 80; would not press British agency on the Ameer, 84.
PELLY, Sir Lewis, opens Pe-
shawur Conference in January, 1877, 113; insists on residence of British officers in Afghanistan as a preliminary, 115; erroneously asserts the Treaty of 1857 not to. exist, 123; and the Treaty of 1855 to have been broken by the Ameer's unfriendly acts, 123. Peshawur, Conference at, 111; closed by Lord Lytton's order, 126; officially described, 127, 158; Lord George Hamilton's account of it, 159, 160, 161; Lord Salis- bury's account of it, 161, 164. Pollock, Sir Richard, Commissioner
at Peshawur, considers in 1875 that the Ameer seeks assistance only from British Government, 65.
Qby Sir H. Rawlinson in 1865, 12;
UETTA, occupation of, suggested
deprecated by Sir W. Mansfield, Commander-in-Chief in India, 17; also by Sir R. Temple, Sir J. Strachey, Sir H. Maine, Sir H. Norman, Sir H. Davies, Sir H. Lumsden, and Sir D. Macleod, 206, 207; its occupation alarms Shere Ali, 111, 112, 169 (foot- note), 291; place described, 203; geographically belongs to Afghan- istan, 204; its occupation recom- mended by Sir Bartle Frere, Sir Henry Rawlinson, and Sir Lewis Pelly, 205; deprecated by every Viceroy in Council and every Secretary of State down to 1876, 205; occupied on November 2, 1876, 218; its occupation the first step to the invasion of
Afghanistan, 211; Russian Go- vernment disquieted by its occu- pation, 243.
AWLINSON, Gen. Sir H. C.,
his memorandum of 1865, re- commending the 'forward policy,' 11; his services, 23; his book re- commending seizure of Afghan territory, published in 1875, 86; probably read by the Ameer Shere Ali, 86, 89.
Russia, good understanding with, in 1874, under Mr. Gladstone's Government, as to Afghan and Central Asian affairs, 228, 232, 240; claims right in 1875 to liberty of action between her frontier and that of Afghanistan, 244; formally denies that General Kaufmann's correspondence with Cabul is a breach of the under- standing with the British Govern- ment, 287; complains of Turkish Envoy sent through India to Afghanistan to preach a religious war, 287, 289; remonstrates against the movements of Cap- tains Butler and Napier, reported to be inciting Turkomans to war against Russia, 293, 294; fears Anglo-Indian expedition against her Asiatic provinces, 275, 276, 288, 294; very mild remon- strances addressed to her against the mission to Cabul, in 1878, 309-311.
Russian Envoy at Cabul, 172; question put to M. de Giers by Lord A. Loftus, 293.
ALISBURY, Marquis of, his
letter to Lord Northbrook of January 22, 1875, suggesting British Agencies at Herat and Candahar, 55; urges Lord North- brook to 'find' or 'create' a pre- text for introducing British Agency, 69-73; fears dominant Russian influence at Cabul, 70
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