Coll 7/7 'North West Frontier: fighting strengths and armament returns; prices of European rifles in tribal territory'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 7/7 'North West Frontier: fighting strengths and armament returns; prices of European rifles in tribal territory'
- Creator:
- Author: Chief Commissioner, Baluchistan
Author: North-West Frontier Province, Chief Commissioner - Date:
- 1912/1947
- Description:
- Abstract: The file consists of regular statistical reports on the price of European-manufactured weapons within the North-West Frontier Province [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa], as well as statistics and assessments on the fighting strength of the tribes within the province. These were produced by the Government of India Deputy Director of Intelligence; the Chief Commissioner and Intelligence Officer, North-West Frontier Province; and the Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan.The file also contains notes and correspondence regarding the reports, created by the India Office Political Department and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department. These include discussion of the following: the establishment of an arms factory in the Kohat Pass by the Afridi tribe; the alleged purchase of these arms by the Red Shirt movement [Khudai Khidmatgar]; the reported sale of old arms by the Afghan Army to tribes in the North-West Frontier Province; and the effect of the blockade of the Gulf and the Second World War (1939-1945) on the availability and prices of arms.The file includes dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 2-4).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 341; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An external leather cover wraps around the documents; the front inside of the cover has been foliated as f 1; the back of the external cover has therefore not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 2-340 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Weapons
Khudai Khidmatgar Movement, Pakistan
Afrīdī (Tribe) - Geographic region:
- North-West Frontier Province
Kohat Pass - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002cb_ar
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002cb_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2176
IOR/L/PS/12/2176