'Memoirs and Recollections of An Officer of the Indian Political Service'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Memoirs and Recollections of An Officer of the Indian Political Service'
- Contributor:
- John Richard Cotton (author)
- Date:
- 1982/1984
- Description:
- This file contains a photocopy of a typewritten draft of Sir John Richard Cotton's (b 1909) memoirs of his time in the Indian military and civil service. The memoirs, which were written when the author was 'in his seventy-fourth year', cover his time in the Indian Army, at Aden, Ethiopia, Attock, the Persian Gulf, Mount Abu, Hyderabad, Rajkot (Kathiawar), the Political Department in New Delhi, and finally the UK High Commission in Pakistan.1 file (78 folios)Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 78; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file also contains an original printed foliation sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Memoirs
- Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
India - Extent:
- 1 file (78 folios)
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000880.0x0002d8_ar
81055/vdc_100000000880.0x0002d8_en
Mss Eur F226/7 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers