papers
Accession Number
NAM.1981-08-9-1
Description
Inventory description: Papers of Gen Sir Frederick Haines (1819-1909) as Commander in Chief in India 1875-1881, during the Second Afghan War, comprising letter books, printed papers and reports including discussion of military strength at Kandahur and Kabul, positions in the Khyber Pass and in the Kurram, Russian ambitions in Central Asia, and operations in Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier. Contained in forty-eight numbered volumes and bundles; associated with 2nd Afghan War (1878-1881) and North West Frontier.
