File 868/1912 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: arrangements at Muscat for its regulation'

Content

The volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and a press cutting relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.

Issues discussed include:

• negotiations between the United Kingdom and France over possible trade-offs in India and Africa for France agreeing to cede its rights in connection with trade and Muscat;
• the approval of rules concerning the warehouse for ammunition;
• The proposed retention of ammunition lying uncleared in the Muscat Customs House on 1 September when the new rules came into force;
• The 1905 Declaration between the United Kingdom and France respecting Egypt and Morocco (ff 110-119);
• Anglo-French diplomacy on the matter involving the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• correspondence between the French Consul, Muscat and the Sultan of Muscat.

The file includes a press cuttings: from The Times (f 164) 'The Arms Traffic and Muscat: Protest, by French Firms', 13 September 1912.

The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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 Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. at Muscat; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

The volume is part 2 of 7. The 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 (f 2).

Extent and format

1 volume (215 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 868 (Arms Traffic - Muscat) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/235-240. The volumes are divided into 7 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 comprising one volume each and parts 4 and 5 comprising a volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first flyleaf with 1 and terminates at the last flyleaf with 215; 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 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/10/236

Former external reference(s)

P 868/1912 Pt 2

History of this record

Date(s)

1912 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Arms trafficDiplomacy

Places

Muscat

People & organisations

Lords Commissioners of the AdmiraltyPermanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsViceroy and Governor-General of India in CouncilPolitical Agent, KuwaitSultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd DynastyFrench Consul, MuscatCommander-in-Chief, East Indies

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