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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Place Afghanistan, Asia

141. IOR/L/PS/12/2034

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2034
Title:
Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’
Scope & Content:
The file contains periodical reports by the British Military Attaché at Kabul (Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster) on the Afghan Air Force, they cover the period 1 March 1938 to 31 October 1947. There is a gap for the period 2 May 1938 to 31 October 1940 for which no reports are present in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1938-30 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (214 folios)

142. IOR/L/PS/12/2035

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2035
Title:
Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: reports by British Military Attache Kabul 1 November 1947 to 31 October 1947’
Scope & Content:
The file contains periodical reports by the British Military Attaché at Kabul (Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster and J H Prendergast) on the Afghan Air Force, covering the period 1 November 1947 to 31 October 1949. The reports cover a range of topics such as training flights, operations cond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1948-29 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

143. IOR/L/PS/12/2036

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2036
Title:
Coll 5/74 ‘Afghanistan: British connection with the Afghan Air Force’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the position of British instructors employed by the Afghan Air Force. Most of the file consists of policy discussion – prompted by a letter from Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster, dated 13 April 1941, folios 23-31 – as to how this position should be developed conside...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1941-8 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

144. IOR/L/PS/12/2053

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2053
Title:
Coll 5/86 ‘Afghanistan: Reorganisation of Air Force’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a report produced by Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster, Military Attaché at Kabul, on the current state of the Afghan Air Force and proposals for its reorganisation and improvement: see folios 31-52 for a copy of this report. The report includes a sketch map (folio 4...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1945-1 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

145. IOR/L/PS/12/2060

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2060
Title:
Coll 5/91 ‘Civil Aviation in Afghanistan’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small number of telegrams – two addressed to the UK High Commission in Pakistan and two from the UK High Commission in India. They are concerned with tentative proposals for civil aviation services to Afghanistan, and in particular the necessity of avoiding flights over the No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1949-4 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

146. IOR/L/PS/12/2171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2171
Title:
Coll 7/2 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms by Afghan Government from financial assistance granted by Government of India'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the provision of a £75,000 grant of assistance by the Government of India to the Afghan Government, and arrangements for the supply of arms and ammunition. The correspondents are: the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; HM Envoy and Minister at Kabul ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1931-4 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

147. IOR/L/PS/12/2172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2172
Title:
Coll 7/3 'Afghanistan: supply of arms by Italian Government'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the purchase by the Afghan Government of arms and ammunition from Italy. The file contains correspondence with the Afghan Legations in Rome and London, and the Afghan Foreign Ministry, plus correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Government of India's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1 Jun 1931-21 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)

148. IOR/L/PS/12/2173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2173
Title:
Coll 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence regarding the purchase by the Afghan Government of arms, ammunition and explosives from a number of sources, including the War Office and British and French firms. It includes communications between British officials (HM Minister in Kabul and the Foreign Offic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1930-19 Feb 1935
Extent:
1 volume (568 folios)

149. 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)

150. 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)