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1. IOR/L/PS/10/609/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/609/1
Title:
P 3280/1916 Pt 1 'Arabia: [Asir]: Financial and Other Assistance to the Idrissi [etc.] Appointment of a Liaison-Medical Officer (Capt Fazuluddin)'
Scope & Content:
The file mostly consists of correspondence relating to the Idrisi [Idrissi] Sayid of Asir in Southern Arabia. It includes: India Office correspondence with the Foreign Office, the War Office, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India; and internal India Office minutes and reference p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 1916-1 May 1922
Extent:
1 item (229 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/974

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/974
Title:
File 1595/1921 'Arms traffic: Muscat and Persian Gulf. Monthly Returns of Shipments. (1921- '
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the monthly returns of arms shipments in Muscat and the Persian Gulf, 1921 to November 1930. Included in the volume are copies of the returns, which consist of tables with the title, for example: 'RETU...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921-1930
Extent:
1 volume (480 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/507
Title:
PZ 2180/41 'Carriage of arms by Iranian Army & Police officials travelling in British Ships.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, the British Legation, Tehran, and the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accedes to a request to issue instructions to all members of the Iranian Army...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1941-6 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1985

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1985
Title:
Coll 5/33(2) ‘AIR ROUTE TO INDIA: MUSCAT CIVIL AIR AGREEMENT (NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEW AGREEMENT)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes related to negotiations between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd, for a new Civil Air Agreement; Britain's aviation rights in Oman during the Second World War (1939-1945) had depended on a War Subsid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1945-2 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2175
Title:
Coll 7/6 'Tibet: supply of arms from British sources'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the supply of arms, ammunition and training by the British to the Tibetan Government. The details of the 1921 agreement between Britain and Tibet, the quantity of munitions to be supplied, and the intended use of the arms (for internal policing or exter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1931-19 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (320 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2176

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2176
Title:
Coll 7/7 'North West Frontier: fighting strengths and armament returns; prices of European rifles in tribal territory'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of regular statistical reports on the price of European-manufactured weapons within the North-West Frontier Province [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa], as well as statistics and assessments on the fighting strength of the tribes within the province. These were produced by the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1912-15 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (341 folios)