Political (External) Collection 7: Arms, Ammunition and Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of files relating to the administration and control of arms, ammunition and arms traffic in India and the Gulf region. The materials were created and accumulated by the India Office Political Department, and largely consist of correspondence with the Foreign Office, the ...
Coll 7/20 'System of licensing exports of arms and ammunition'
Scope & Content:
The file contains minutes, correspondence and reports regarding changes made by the British Government to the system for licensing the export of arms and ammunition to foreign countries. The India Office participated in the process to ensure that requests from the Governments of Afghanistan and ...
The records originally comprised 36 boxes of Orphan Chamber records, 54 boxes of records of the College of Justice, 1 box of the records of the Political Council, and 7 boxes of miscellanies. For the most part the records are written Dutch. The bulk relates to the period 1785-1825 i.e. the last y...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Malay, Portuguese, and Tamil
Proclamation of the Resident of Malacca announcing the appointment of William Edward Phillips as Governor of Penang in succession to William Petrie deceased
Scope & Content:
Includes a precedence list for the Dutch East Indies revised to 20 Jun 1783