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Coll 7/43 'Ammunition required for Swat state'

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/12/2213

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Coll 7/43 'Ammunition required for Swat state' dating from 15 Apr 1938-18 Jan 1947.

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Reference

IOR/L/PS/12/2213

Title

Coll 7/43 'Ammunition required for Swat state'

Date

15 Apr 1938-18 Jan 1947

Description

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 Licence application forms. The primary correspondents are the India Office Political Department, the War Office, and the Government of India External Affairs Department. The file also includes reports received from the Chief Secretary to the Government of the North-West Frontier Province, reporting on the armed forces of the Wali of Swat, and granting permission for the application. The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference

Coll 7/43

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

1 file (38 folios)

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Record URL
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Series information

IOR/L/PS/12

Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections

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Within the series: IOR/L/PS/12

Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections

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Within the sub-series: IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221

Political (External) Collection 7: Arms, Ammunition and Arms Traffic

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Coll 7/43 'Ammunition required for Swat state'