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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name War Office, 1857-1964

211. 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)

212. 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)

213. 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)

214. IOR/L/PS/12/2206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2206
Title:
Coll 7/38 'Arms, Ammunition & Arms Traffic. Issue of licences for the export of arms to Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding applications for permission to import arms, ammunition, industrial explosives and related equipment into Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The primary correspondents are the Under Secretary of State for India, the Board of Trade Imports and Exports Licensing Section, the War Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1935-7 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (352 folios)

215. IOR/L/PS/12/2211

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2211
Title:
Coll 7/41 'Disposal of arms and ammunition stored in HM Consulates abroad'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the disposal of small arms and ammunition from the Consulate-General at Addis Ababa [Ādīs Ābeba]. The correspondents are the Foreign Office, the War Office, and the Acting Consul-General (Alexander Knox Helm). A list of the arms and ammunition can be found at folios 16-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Oct 1937-28 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

216. IOR/L/PS/12/2213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2213
Title:
Coll 7/43 'Ammunition required for Swat state'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding requests made by the Wali of the Princely State of Swat [Swāt] to import arms and ammunition, in 1938-1939 and 1945-1947. The file contains details of requests made through various Karachi agents to Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, and includes a number of Export Li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1938-18 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

217. IOR/L/PS/12/2214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2214
Title:
Coll 7/44 'Arabia: supply of arms and ammunition to Saudi Arabia from United Kingdom'
Scope & Content:
The file opens with correspondence regarding enquiries by the Saudi Government into the purchase of cartridge-manufacturing equipment from the firm Greenwood and Batley Limited, and arms and ammunition from the War Office. The principal correspondents are the Foreign Office, the FO Export Credit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1939-12 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (139 folios)

218. IOR/L/PS/12/2215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2215
Title:
Coll 7/45 'Arabia: question of supply of arms, etc., to King of Yemen from UK'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding requests received from the King of Yemen for assistance in fortifying Sheikh Said [Ra's Shaykh Sa'īd] and securing Yemen against foreign aggression. The King was concerned over French claims to Perim Island [Jazīrat Mayyūn] and Sheikh Said, and was seeking anti-aircraft and gas ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1939-5 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

219. IOR/L/PS/12/2852

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2852
Title:
Coll 17/7(2) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2851, and concerns the decision not to proceed with the proposed Haifa-Baghdad railway, but to focus on the improvement of road communications. The file consists of reports on the proposals submitted by the Palestine Corporation Limited (see IOR/L/PS/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1936-2 Sep 1936
Extent:
1 file (246 folios)

220. IOR/L/PS/12/2892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2892
Title:
Coll 17/30(1) ‘Iraq. Proposed additional outlet to the sea, in or near Koweit territory. Development of port at Um Qasr.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the proposed construction of a port in Kuwait (Koweit) Bay, and the construction of a port in Um Qasr Creek. The papers mostly concern the following: The attitude of HM Government towards the proposal of the Government of Iraq for the extension of the Iraqi ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1938-19 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (530 folios)