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21. IOR/L/PS/12/2191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2191
Title:
Coll 7/23 'Afghanistan: sale of 5000 rifles with 3 million rounds of ammunition to the Afghan Government by the Government of India, 1935'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and minutes regarding requests by the Afghan Government for arms, ammunition and aircraft to be supplied by either the British or Indian Governments. The material predominantly consists of telegrams sent to the India Office by HM Minister at Kabul (William Kerr F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1934-13 Jul 1938
Extent:
1 file (338 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/2192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2192
Title:
Coll 7/24 'Arabia: supply of munitions of war to King Ibn Saud and Imam of Yemen'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence regarding the supply of arms and ammunition to Ibn Sa'ūd and the Imam of Yemen, in the context of the British policy not to favour either side in their territorial dispute. The principal correspondents are the India Office, the War Office, the Foreign Office, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1933-24 Sep 1936
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/12/2193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2193
Title:
Coll 7/25 'Persia and Persian Gulf: proposed Anglo-Persian Convention'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding attempts to negotiate an Anglo-Persian arms convention, intended to regulate arms traffic in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence concerns the following: the changing patterns of arms traffic in the Persian Gulf; Persian attitudes to the Slave Traffic ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19 Dec 1933-4 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/12/2194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2194
Title:
Coll 7/26 'Afghanistan: proposed purchase of gas shells, etc., by Afghan Government; question of attitude of HMG'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding a request by the Government of Afghanistan to import a sample teargas gun, canisters and accessories to Kabul, via India. The file concerns arrangements for the purchase and delivery of the sample, plus British and Indian concerns over the potential import or manufacture...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1932-8 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/2195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2195
Title:
Coll 7/27 'Muscat: supply of Vickers-Berthier Machine Rifle to Muscat State; supply of guns and ammunition to Sultan'
Scope & Content:
The file contains two folders of correspondence regarding requests for weapons and ammunition made by the Sultan of Muscat (Sa'īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa'īd) to the British and American Governments. The file includes dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in each part by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1933-30 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (113 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/2196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2196
Title:
Coll 7/28 'Nepal: scheme for installation of cartridge-making plant; supply of Martini-Henry ammunition, Vickers-Barthier guns, gas masks, etc to Nepalese government'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding requests for arms, ammunition and related materials and machinery from the Government of Nepal. The following topics are discussed: the Government of Nepal's wish to construct a cartridge (ammunition) factory, and related requests for technical advice from the Woolwich A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1934-17 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/2199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2199
Title:
Coll 7/30 'Aden settlement: application to export arms and ammunition to Aden'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Licensing Section of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the India Office Political Department, regarding applications by Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd for Export Licences to transport cartridges to Aden.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1931-30 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/12/2200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2200
Title:
Coll 7/32 'Persian Gulf: supply of arms and ammunition to the Shaikh of Qatar'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding requests from the Shaikh of Qatar ('Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī) to import arms and ammunition, under the terms of his 1916 treaty with Britain. The correspondence documents attempts to convince the Shaikh to purchase British-manufactured arms and ammunition, on the gr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1935-28 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (82 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/12/2201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2201
Title:
Coll 7/33 'Saudi Arabia: regulations concerning the importation and possession of arms'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns regulations regarding the prohibition of the import, sale, carrying and possession of arms in the Hejaz kingdom, and later the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The regulations were all published in the Saudi newspaper Umm al Qura [Umm al-Qurá], and consist of the following: a high decr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1931-13 Aug 1936
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/12/2202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2202
Title:
Coll 7/35 'Afghanistan: sale of ammunition to the Afghan government by Imperial Chemical Industries and others'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding contracts to supply the Afghan Government with ammunition. The Government of India had agreed to supply 2.5 million rounds a year for six years, and the file primarily concerns negotiations between the Afghan Government and Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, over the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1936-25 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (142 folios)