Coll 7/3 'Afghanistan: supply of arms by Italian Government'
IOR/L/PS/12/2172
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The record is made up of 1 file (121 folios). It was created in 1 Jun 1931-21 Jun 1939. It was written in English and Italian. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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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 The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Political Department, the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department, HM Ministers in Kabul and Rome, and the Government of India's Customs Department.
Correspondence dated 1931-1933 concerns the order of artillery equipment from Italy, and arrangements for the materials to be shipped through Karachi [Karāchi] and Peshawar [Peshāwar] to Kabul [Kābul]. Lists of equipment (in Italian) can be found at folios 108-121. There is also correspondence with the firm Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co, regarding permission to broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. arms sales with the Afghan Government.
Correspondence dated 1939 concerns the purchase by the Afghan Government of tanks from Italy, arrangements for their transportation and customs clearance, plus copy intelligence reports on Italian arms movements in Afghanistan.
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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- 1 file (121 folios)
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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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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 122; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English and Italian in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2172
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- Coll 7/3
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- 1 Jun 1931-21 Jun 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2172
- Title
- Coll 7/3 'Afghanistan: supply of arms by Italian Government'
- Pages
- 103r:103v
- Author
- Khan, Zulfacar
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2172
- Title
- Coll 7/3 'Afghanistan: supply of arms by Italian Government'
- Pages
- 108r:108v, 47r:47v, 50r:50v, 69r:69v, 38r:38v, 27r:27v
- Author
- Afghan Legation to Rome
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/2172
- Title
- Coll 7/3 'Afghanistan: supply of arms by Italian Government'
- Pages
- 49r:49v, 34r:35v
- Author
- Afghan Legation to the United Kingdom xx Afghan Legation to London
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/2172
- Title
- Coll 7/3 'Afghanistan: supply of arms by Italian Government'
- Pages
- 66r:66v, 70r:70v
- Author
- Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co Ltd
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2172
- Title
- Coll 7/3 'Afghanistan: supply of arms by Italian Government'
- Pages
- 109r:121v, 51r:65v
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- Unknown
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2172
- Title
- Coll 7/3 'Afghanistan: supply of arms by Italian Government'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:26v, 28r:33v, 36r:37v, 39r:46v, 48r:48v, 67r:68v, 71r:102v, 104r:107v, 122r:122v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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