File 360/1912 'Arms Traffic: Muscat trade; Arrangement with Sultan; Compensation; Arms Traffic Subsidy'

Content

The volume consists of correspondence relating to a British naval blockade designed to stem the flow of arms through Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is mostly between the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and 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. . Further correspondence is included as enclosures and is from the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Section of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, Shaikh Mubarak-as-Sabah of Kuwait [Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Sultan Seyyid Faisal bin Turki [Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Sayyid] of Muscat. The papers include hand-written drafts of letters and printed collections of correspondence relating to the matter at hand.

The papers cover several matters, including:

• the question of compensating the Sultan due to losses incurred by the blockade;
• proposals to regulate the trade through compulsory passes for export of arms from Muscat;
• discussion and negotiations over a proposed agreement with the Sultan over regulation;
• the discussion over whether to threaten the Sultan if necessary;
• a separate agreement with Shaikh Mubarak-as-Sabah regarding the import of arms into Kuwait for the Shaikh's personal use;
• the granting of a subsidy to the Sultan in 1911 and the proposal in 1921 to discontinue it after the Sultan leaves power.

The volume includes a report into the arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Political Department, 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. , 10 June 1910 (folios 143-72).

Extent and format

1 volume (179 folios)

Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 179; 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 foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/216

Former external reference(s)

P 360/1912

History of this record

Date(s)

1910-1923 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Arms traffic

People & organisations

India OfficeGovernment of IndiaForeign OfficePolitical Resident, Persian GulfPolitical Agent and Consul, MuscatEmir of KuwaitSultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd Dynasty

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