Coll 7/43 'Ammunition required for Swat state'
IOR/L/PS/12/2213
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The record is made up of 1 file (38 folios). It was created in 15 Apr 1938-18 Jan 1947. It was written in English. 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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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 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 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 Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. 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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- 1 file (38 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 (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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English 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/12/2213
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- Coll 7/43
- Date(s)
- 15 Apr 1938-18 Jan 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2213
- Title
- Coll 7/43 'Ammunition required for Swat state'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:39v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence