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IOR/L/PS/10/507
- Record Id:
- 040-000545471
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000192
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100087695985.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/507
- Title:
- File 3540/1914 Pt 2 'German War: Interpreters and Political Officers lent to War Office'
- Scope & Content:
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the role of interpreters and political officers on loan to the War Office.
The discussion in the volume relates to the:
- Dates of appointment of various officers as interpreters and press officers
- Pay of certain political officers whose services have been lent to War Office as interpreters, on their transfer to Indian Units as combatant officers
- Objection of the Government of India to the grant of permission to Captain B R Reiley, Bombay Political Department, now on leave, to serve in a combatant capacity under the War Office.
The principal correspondents include the Viceroy of India and officials of the War Office.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545471 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/507 : File 3540/1914 Pt 2 'German War: Interpreters and Political Officers lent to War Office' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0509]/040-000545471
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (197 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000192
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1915
- Date Range:
- 6 Jan 1915-12 Nov 1915
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 199; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P 3540/1914 Pt 2
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3450 (German War: Interpreters and Political Officers lent to War Office) consists of six volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/506-511. The volumes are divided into fifteen parts, with parts 1, 2 and 3 comprising one volume each, parts 4-5 comprising the fourth volume, parts 6-9 comprising the fifth volume, and parts 10-15 comprising the sixth volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)