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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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Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IOR/L/PS/12/2213
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Title (The name of the record)
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Coll 7/43 'Ammunition required for Swat state'
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Date (When the record was created)
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15 Apr 1938-18 Jan 1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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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).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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Coll 7/43
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 file (38 folios)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/5ffe43a1-9a33-4055-b5c9-c0bf78750b96/
Series information
IOR/L/PS/12
Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/L/PS
Political and Secret Department Records
Within the series: IOR/L/PS/12
Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
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'