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Mss Eur F625
- Record Id:
- 032-001116164
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001116164
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x0000b8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F625
- Title:
- Papers of Leslie Best (1896-1932) and Sir Norman Bolton (1875-1965)
- Scope & Content:
- Correspondence and photographs of Sir Horatio Norman Bolton (1875-1965), Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province 1923-25, 1926-30, and Leslie William Hazlitt Duncan Best (1896-1932), Assistant Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India Lord Irwin 1922-26, Private Secretary to Lord Reading, 1927-28, Secretary of Kabul Legation 1929, Malakand Agency 1932. The contents of the papers relate chiefly to the Siege of Kabul Legation in 1929
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001116164", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F625: Papers of Leslie Best (1896-1932) and Sir Norman Bolton (1875-1965)" },{ "id" : "040-001116312", "parent" : "032-001116164", "text" : "Mss Eur F625/1: Report on the civil war in Afghanistan in 1929" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001116313", "parent" : "032-001116164", "text" : "Mss Eur F625/2: Leslie Best's photograph albums" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001116315", "parent" : "032-001116164", "text" : "Mss Eur F625/3: Policy in Waziristan" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001116319", "parent" : "032-001116164", "text" : "Mss Eur F625/4: Letters from Sir Francis Humphrys to H N Bolton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001116323", "parent" : "032-001116164", "text" : "Mss Eur F625/5: Report on the Administration of the Border of the North West Frontier Province 1929-30" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001116325", "parent" : "032-001116164", "text" : "Mss Eur F625/6: Letters to H N Bolton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001116327", "parent" : "032-001116164", "text" : "Mss Eur F625/7: Correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001116328", "parent" : "032-001116164", "text" : "Mss Eur F625/8: Letters to H N Bolton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001116330", "parent" : "032-001116164", "text" : "Mss Eur F625/9: Biographies and photographs" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001116164
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur F625/1 : Report on the civil war in Afghanistan in 1929
Mss Eur F625/2 : Leslie Best's photograph albums
Mss Eur F625/3 : Policy in Waziristan
Mss Eur F625/4 : Letters from Sir Francis Humphrys to H N Bolton
Mss Eur F625/5 : Report on the Administration of the Border of the North West Frontier Province 1929-30
Mss Eur F625/6 : Letters to H N Bolton
Mss Eur F625/7 : Correspondence
Mss Eur F625/8 : Letters to H N Bolton
Mss Eur F625/9 : Biographies and photographs
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- 032-001116164
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F625
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 box (8 folders, 2 photo albums)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1932
- Date Range:
- 1927-1932
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by Mrs Davina Huxley, 4 November 2010
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Best, Leslie William Hazlitt Duncan, private secretary in the Indian civil service, 1896-1932
Bolton, Horatio Norman, Knight, administrator in India, 1875-1965 - Subjects:
- Anglo-Afghan wars
- Related Material:
- See also IOR/R/12/189