Abstract: The volume contains printed monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India 'regarding external affairs relating to Persia' for the months of January to December 1905 inclusive (folios 4-57); and memoranda of information received 'regarding affairs on and beyond the North-West Frontier of India', for the months of January to December 1905 inclusive (folios 58-150). A note accompanying each memorandum states that they are 'based upon reports, the accuracy of which it is not always possible to guarantee'.The memoranda relating to Persia, divided into sections concerning Tehran, Bushire, Shiraz, Arabistan, Henjam, other locations in the region, and general matters, include information on political affairs, Russian influence, arms, quarantine, shipping, the Persian Gulf, telegraphs, oil, loans, law and order, British post offices in Persia, and customs.The memoranda regarding affairs on and beyond the North-West Frontier of India include similar information on Khorasan, Seistan [Sistan], and Baluchistan.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 153; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file consists of correspondence to and from Olaf Caroe in his capacity as Governor of the North-West Frontier Province [British India] mainly regarding filling posts throughout the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains printed copies of the bi-annual
Addenda and Corrigenda to Who’s Who in the North-West Frontier Province, for the years 1934 to 1937. This biographical compilation is one of several confidential and secret Government of India intelligence publications made available to serving officers and officials. It provides information about the identity, activities and contacts of notable inhabitants and tribes living in the several districts of the North West Frontier Province of British India [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan]. Included in the file is a small amount of correspondence in 1934 between officials at the India Office, London and the Air Ministry, London, regarding the latter’s request for copies of this ‘Who’s Who’ publication and all future amendments.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 107; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains papers regarding proposed reforms to the administration of India, particularly in relation to Aden, British Baluchistan, the North-West Frontier Province and the Department of External Affairs. The file includes a draft of a White Paper detailing the proposed reforms (ff 12-32), which would become the basis for the Government of India Act, 1935. The primary correspondent is the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 5, and terminates at f 35, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file contains two copies of a policy to be adopted during war time in regard to the employment of regular and irregular forces on the North West Frontier Province in response to any hostile action directed at the British in tribal areas under their influence. The policy was proposed by the Government of India, and Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy and Governor General of India, forwarded a copy of the policy to Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons, the Acting Governor for the North West Frontier Province, who provided feedback which is contained in the file. The file also includes a handwritten note with an illegible signature, which criticises the language used in the draft of the policy.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Thefile contains correspondence regarding the nationality status of people born insemi-autonomous princely states in the North-West Frontier Province, India. Theprimary correspondents are: High Commission for India; India Office; Governmentof the North-West Frontier Province.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 6, and terminates at f 15, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file is made up of correspondence generated as a result of complaints submitted by the Government of Afghanistan to the Government of India, via the British Legation at Kabul. These complaints concern allegations of violations of Afghan territory by aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF) based along the North West Frontier. These complaints are then either upheld or rejected by the Government of India – as a result of internal investigation – and a response issued via the British Legation. In some cases copies of the reports compiled at Peshawar, Headquarters of No 1 RAF (Indian) Group, can be found alongside the correspondence. In addition, the file also contains a relatively small number of counter complaints made by the Government of India, concerning violations of British Indian territory by Afghan aircraft, which are mainly found towards the front of the file.It also contains material related to an allegation that an RAF aircraft dropped a bomb on the Afghan village of Lwarah (also spelt Lawarah) on 31 March 1939; see folios 68-94. A detailed breakdown of the compensation claim made by the Government of Afghanistan can be found on folios 68-69.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 450; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file is made up of correspondence generated as a result of complaints submitted by the Government of Afghanistan to the Government of India, via the British Legation at Kabul. These complaints concern allegations of violations of Afghan territory by aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF), and occasionally the United States Air Force, based along the North West Frontier. These complaints are then either upheld or rejected by the Government of India – as a result of internal investigation – and a response issued via the British Legation. In a few cases copies of statements taken as a result of the investigation can be found alongside the correspondence. Officials of the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, and the India Office, are often referred to for advice on matters of policy.Two particular incidents covered in greater detail are the accidental bombing of Narezai by RAF aircraft on 30 July 1942, and a crash landing of an RAF plane in Afghanistan on 1 July 1943. Despite the title of the file, it contains no material related to violations of British Indian territory by Afghan aircraft.The French content consists of a single letter on folios 84-87, dated 28 March 1943, from the Government of Switzerland to the British Government outlining Swiss policy towards military aircraft – from Allied or Axis forces – that land or crash land in its territory. Extracts from this letter are quoted in related items of correspondence.A Second World War propaganda poster regarding the Allied bombing of Germany has been reused due to wartime paper shortages; see folios 185v and 191v. A sketch map of Waziristan may be found on folio 258.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 280; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains notifications – issued by the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India – of two forced landings in the North-West Frontier Province by Royal Air Force (RAF) planes on 9 August and 12 September 1934. A detailed account of the former incident can be found on folios 3-5 in a report written by Arthur John Hopkinson, Chief Secretary to the Government of the North-West Frontier Province. The report outlines the sequence of events which led to the return of the airmen, Sinclair and Watson, to British territory.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 11; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file is concerned broadly with three topics. The first, found predominantly between folios 102-224, is about complaints made by the Government of Afghanistan over violations of its territory by aircraft of the Royal Air Force, and complaints made by HM Minister at Kabul that the Government of India does not take the complaints seriously enough. The file therefore contains details of these violations, investigations undertaken into complaints, and any action taken by the Government of India in response: for example see folios 208-12. It also contains a number of memoranda outlining examples of territorial violations by aircraft from the rest of the world for comparison: see folios 165-68, 159-60, and 149-51.The second topic, also found predominantly between folios 102-224, is about periodic amendments to the Government of India's rules for pilots flying in the North West Frontier. The most significant change is a reduction of the extent of prohibited zone — an area around the Afghan-Indian border within which aircraft are not supposed to fly — from six to three miles. The file includes related discussion as to what impact this could have respecting the number of accidental incursions into Afghanistan.The third topic, predominantly found between folios 4-101, concerns aerial photographic survey work to be undertaken along the Afghan frontier in Baluchistan and the North West Frontier Province. The file includes proposals for survey work from the Surveyor General of India, correspondence respecting the suspension of the prohibited zone, and notifications of proposed survey work provided to HM Minister at Kabul. A map showing the areas in India prohibited to civil aircraft can be found on folio 95.The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Kabul; the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India (from 1937 the Department of External Affairs); the Government of India Department of Education, Health and Lands; the Surveyor General of India; officials of the Foreign Office; and officials of the India Office.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-222; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
Abstract: The file consists of statements showing the fighting strengths and armaments of tribes of the North-West Frontier Province [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] and Baluchistan [Balochistān], which were forwarded to the India Office by the Governor General in Baluchistan.The coverage is as follows:1921-1925. Reports for Chagai [Chāgai], Khalat [Khālat],Quetta, and Zhob.1925-1936. Reports for Baluchistan, plus Chagai, Khalat, Loralai, Quetta, Sibi, and Zhob.1937-1942. Reports for Baluchistan.1943-1946. Reports for Chagai, Khalat, Kharan [Khārān], Las Bela, Loralai, Quetta, Sibi, Zhob.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 134; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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.