'File 13/6 Arms Traffic General'

Content

The file contains correspondence, telegrams, statements and notes regarding incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling incidents in Kuwait.

The file includes:

• accounts from the Commander of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division regarding rifles carried by pearling dhows;
• request for all vessels leaving the port of Kuwait to be provided with a permission to carry arms, countersigned by the local rulers and 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. (several copies of the form in Arabic on folios 15-20);
• correspondence on weapons owned by Ibn Saud and confiscated near Sharjah;
• smuggling of American rifles in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
• arrest and deportation of an arms smuggler from Muscat;
• the establishment of a role of Informer at Kuwait, to update the Intelligence Officer for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and extracts from the Intelligence Officer's Arms Traffic Diary;
• price list for French arms for sale at Muscat.

The principal correspondents are: British India Steam Navigation Company, the Amir of Nejd, Abdul Aziz bin Saud (Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal); the Rulers of Kuwait: Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ) and his successor, Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak Al Sabah; the Foreign Office; the Commander of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division; 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 Cox; 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 Political Agents in Kuwait, Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, followed by William George Grey.

There are letters in Arabic within the file, mostly with English translation.

Extent and format

1 file (246 folios)

Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 248; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-247; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 1-82, which was also written in pencil and circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic 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/R/15/5/46

Former external reference(s)

Kuwait Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , First Series subject files 13/6

History of this record

Date(s)

1 Sep 1912-10 Jun 1929 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Smuggling

Places

Persian Gulf

People & organisations

Foreign OfficePolitical Resident, Persian GulfCommander of the Persian Gulf DivisionEmir of Najd, Wahhabi dynastyBritish India Steam Navigation Company LimitedPolitical Agent and Consul, MuscatShaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ, Hakim of KuwaitShaikh Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, Hakim of Kuwait

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