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File 619/1907 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic:- Muscat dhows. "Kadra" case.' [‎97r] (202/804)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (398 folios). It was created in 9 Feb 1909-22 Dec 1911. It was written in English, Italian and French. 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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(5) 8 bundles of canvas, value $80. Part was for the sail and patr for
trade.
( 6 ) Personal effects, carpets, clothes, cooking pots, $“ 00 .
(7) Value of my wife's gold ornaments stolen $180.
( 8 ) Loss on trade which I should have done by purchasing cows, ghee and
salt at Hafun for Sawahil and the Gulf of Zanzibar and by taking
passengers $ 2 , 000 . I get this profit every year.
(9) Paid for Badan from Hafun to Mokalla $130.
(10) $3,500 loss on passage money, freight and trading on cargo which I
should have brought from African coast to Mokalla, Sur and the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The goods are copra, semsem and timber. Also
passengers.
The total is $13,524.
1 do not know how to get my buggalow Large trading vessel. back here. It would cost $2,000 or
$3 000 I should have to collect a new crew here and take them there. Now
is not the time for sailing to Hafun, the wind and sea is against it. Only a steamer
could go. If I get the $13,524 I will myself bear the loss of collecting a new crew
and going to Hafun to take away the buggalow Large trading vessel. . If I get the $13,524 then the
things mentioned in the list as being in the buggalow Large trading vessel. shall be for the Italians.
Only the buggalow Large trading vessel. I want. The value of that is $6,000.
If the buggalow Large trading vessel. is handed back to me with all its contents in good condition,
namely as follows :—
$
Cash
Dried grapes
Chunam (cost price and freight)
Dates
Rice
Fish
Amber
Canvas
Personal effects
Total .. 3,516
Then I will reduce my claim to $10,008.
I came to Mokalla in a little boat as I said. My nephew brought me from
Mokalla to Sur, seeing that I had become poor. As I paid nothing for this, I have
not made any claim for this for compensation.
Receipt given by Italian offic Nakhoda.
lo sottoscritto dichiaro di tenere presso di me un sacchetto di talleri di
proprieta des Nakhuda Mbarak ben Hamis del sambuco Kadra. II tutto chiuso
C e suggelato in un altro sa^co in presenza del Nakhuda.
Hafun, 24 Dicembre 1908.
II tenente de vascello
Commandante la
Squadrigli R. Sambuck.
M. FIORE.
Sealed.
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1,060
290
168
70
300
80
500

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The volume discusses an alleged arms trafficking incident which occurred in December 1908. The El Khadra , a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. owned by Mubarak bin Khamis, a subject of Muscat, was seized by Italian authorities off the coast of Ras Hafun [Raas Xaafuun] on charges of arms trafficking.

The volume includes the negotiations between the British and Italian Governments to find an acceptable resolution to the situation. A settlement was reached and the boat returned to its owner in July 1911.

The principal correspondents in the volume include the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul at Muscat (Robert Erskine Holland, and Arthur Prescott Trevor); the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Viceroy of India (Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto); the Italian Agent at Muscat (Umberto Omar); the Italian Vice-Consul at Aden (Renato Piacentini); the British Ambassador to the Court of Italy (Sir James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell); the Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and India (Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); and the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Tommaso Tittoni, Guido Fusinato, and Antonino Paternò-Castello, marchese di San Giuliano).

This is part 2 of 10. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (398 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 619 (Arms Traffic) consists of 7 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/110-116. The volumes are divided into 10 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6, 7, 8, and 9 comprising the sixth volume and part 10 comprising the seventh volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 398; 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.

The front cover, along with one leading flyleaf, has not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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