Coll 7/38 'Arms, Ammunition & Arms Traffic. Issue of licences for the export of arms to Persian Gulf.'

Content

Correspondence regarding applications for permission to import arms, ammunition, industrial explosives and related equipment into Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The primary correspondents are the Under Secretary of State for India, the Board of Trade Imports and Exports Licensing Section, the War Office, 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. , and the Ministry of Supply. The file also contains a small amount of correspondence from European and local arms firms and merchants.

In addition to the correspondence, the file contains applications for export licences, and copies of 'no objection' certificates issued by 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. .

The file includes dividers which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 2-4).

Extent and format

1 file (352 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 353; 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.

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/12/2206

Former external reference(s)

Coll 7/38

History of this record

Date(s)

3 Oct 1935-7 Apr 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Export controls

Places

Persian Gulf

People & organisations

Ministry of SupplyWar OfficePolitical Resident, Persian GulfPermanent Under-Secretary of State for IndiaBoard of Trade, Commercial Relations and Treaties Department, Imports and Exports Licensing Section

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Coll 7/38 'Arms, Ammunition & Arms Traffic. Issue of licences for the export of arms to Persian Gulf.', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2206, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002e8> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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