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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name HM Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1922-

41. IOR/L/PS/12/2174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2174
Title:
Coll 7/5 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms etc. from foreign sources: Germany'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the purchase of weapons and ammunition by the Afghan Government from Germany and other sources. It includes correspondence between Afghan Officials -- the Foreign Minister, the Legations to Paris and London, and the Consulate of Afghanistan in India -- ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
3 Jul 1931-24 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (517 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/12/2177

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2177
Title:
Coll 7/8 'Afghanistan: import of arms by private traders; import of sporting guns'
Scope & Content:
The file contains requests to import arms and ammunition to Afghanistan via India, received from the Afghan Government. It also contains related correspondence regarding export licences, formal procedures, and arrangements for the transport of arms, conducted between: the Karachi Collector of Cu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1931-11 Dec 1946
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

43. IOR/L/PS/12/2187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2187
Title:
Coll 7/19 'Afghanistan: supply of machinery for the manufacture of ammunition'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the supply of machinery and raw materials to the Afghan Government, intended for the manufacture of ammunition. The principal correspondents are: the Foreign Office; the India Office Political Department; the Board of Trade Imports and Exports Licensing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1924-25 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

44. 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)

45. 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)

46. IOR/L/PS/12/2203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2203
Title:
Coll 7/36 'Afghanistan: sale of 1914 pattern rifles to the Afghan government; incidence of liability between Indian and Imperial revenues'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of Collection 7/23, reference IOR/L/PS/12/2191. It contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of State for India, HM Minister at Kabul, the War Office, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, and the Ind...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1935-3 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (270 folios)

47. IOR/L/PS/12/2204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2204
Title:
Coll 7/37 'Afghanistan: sale of 25,000 1914 pattern rifles from War Office stocks and 7 million rounds of ammunition from Government of India stocks; negotiations with Afghan Government'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of Collection 7/36, reference IOR/L/PS/12/2203.It contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of State for India, HM Minister at Kabul, the War Office, the Government of India Foreign and Political (later External Affairs)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1935-28 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (598 folios)

48. IOR/L/PS/12/2205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2205
Title:
Coll 7/37(2) 'Afghanistan: sale of rifles from War Office stocks, and ammunition from Government of India stocks, to Afghan Government'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of Collection 7/37, reference IOR/L/PS/12/2204. It contains correspondence between HM Minister at Kabul, the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the Foreign Office Eastern Department, regarding payments received from the Afghan Government for the supp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1941-13 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

49. IOR/L/PS/12/2216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2216
Title:
Coll 7/46 'Activities of C S Collier'
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the activities of Charles St John Collier (1880-1944) in Afghanistan. The file primarily comprises correspondence between the India Office, the Foreign Office, and HM Minister Kabul, on the following topics: Collier's arrival in Jedda en route to Afghanistan, where he intended...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1940-13 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

50. IOR/L/PS/12/2217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2217
Title:
Coll 7/47 'Afghanistan: supply of arms and equipment to Afghan government: Afghan Military mission to India'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the possible supply of military aid and training by the Government of India to the Government of Afghanistan, and the broader policy of the Imperial and Indian Governments toward Afghanistan. The file was opened following a request by Mohammed Zahir Shah for arms, ammun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1940-6 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (330 folios)