'Arms Traffic at Muskat'
IOR/L/PS/18/B182
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 15 Feb 1911. 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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Memorandum, written by the Political Department of 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. 15 February 1911, describing the position of Muskat [Muscat] where the export of arms to India and Persia has been prohibited since 1898, but were the import of arms into Muskat and their export to any other country remains unprohibited. The memorandum has been divided under the following headings:
- Sultan's Commercial Treaties
- Prohibition of Arms Traffic in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- State of Traffic at Muskat
- Effect on the Indian Frontier
- Negotiations with France
- French share of Traffic
- Question of Territorial Concessions in India
- Question of Extradition
- Pondicherry-Cuddalore (Tiruppappuliyar) Railway
- Question of Compensation
Included within some of the headings are tables showing the numbers of rifles being imported into Muskat and the value of Imports of Arms and Ammunitions into Muskat for the periods 1906-1907, 1907-1908, 1908-1909, and 1909-1910.
Appendices
- Appendix I: Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States of America and Muskat, signed 21 September 1833
- Appendix II: Treaty of Commerce between France and Muskat, signed 17 November 1844
- Appendix III: Anglo-French Declaration respecting the Independence of Muskat and Zanzibar, signed at Persia, 10 March 1862.
There are three copies of the memorandum contained within the file.
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- 3 folios
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Foliation: The foliation sequence consists of pencil numbers, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.
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- English in Latin script
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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/18/B182
- Date(s)
- 15 Feb 1911 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Arms control
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- Muskat
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B182
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- 'Arms Traffic at Muskat'
- Pages
- 1r:3v
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