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'Historical Summary of Events in Territories of the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Arabia affecting the British Position in the Persian Gulf, 1907-1928' [‎24v] (55/188)

The record is made up of 1 volume (90 folios). It was created in 1928. It was written in English. 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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P. .3538/13.
t P.5179/13.
P. 492/14.
X P.O. to I.O.,
Deo. 1!) 1913,
P. 5103.
§ Report of Arms
Traffic Committee,
1921. P. 4036/21.
Pol. Res. to S. of
S. for I., 264, May 1
1925 P. 1345/28."
If P.O. to I.O.,
Dec. 22 1920,
P. 8997.
payment of 1 lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , together with 1 lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per annum
in the future, paid monthly in advance. In addition he was to receive
compensation for certain specific losses in 1909 and 1911. The Sultan was
iiirther guaranteed that His Majesty's Government would give him all the
necessary support to dispose of objections that might ensue from France or
otliei 1 owers; that no right was given by the arrangement to His Majesty's
Government or their officials to take action in his territories any more than
m the past ; and that a friendly understanding should be reached with him
by His Majesty s Government as to suitable arrangements for the supply of
the bonci fide needs of his administration and his subjects.
.1°. anangement, which was to come into force, after three months'
notice, on the 1st September 1912, was published on the 4th June 1912
came into operation on the appointed date, and was subsequently maintained
with complete success.
14. Very serious difficulty immediately arose with the French Government
which expressed its readiness to approve the regulations only subject to the
compensation of the French merchants, who had hitherto played a consider
able part m the arms trade. Compensation to French interests would have
meant compensation to the other interests—Muscat, British, German
Belgian—affected, and the objections to it from the standpoint of His'
Majesty s Government were overwhelming. The fact that Fngland while
a Joint guarantor with France of Muscat independence under the Agreement
with 1 ranee of 1862, was not a party to the French Treatv of 1844 with
Muscat, under which the arms trade was permissible, further complicated
tne issue.
15. His Majesty's Government, however, made it clear to the French
Government on the 14th September 1912, that they were firmly determined
to support the oultan m maintaining the regulations, which, they stated in
their view did not infringe French treaty rights, but merely regulated a
dangerous trade, a right enjoyed by every Government. Thev added that
while compensation without arbitration could not be admitted, as His
- iajesly s Government did not recognise that French rights were infrino-ed
they were prepared to submit the question to arbitration.
^ fm 6 / 1 I en ^ h y ai ? d difficult negotiations, which lasted until the early
part of 1914 the French Government agreed-to recognise the regulations
m oico at Muscat, and the right of the Sultan to amend those regulations
with the concurrence of His Majesty's Government, if His Majesty's
Government, in direct negotiation with the French trade interests affected
could arrive at an agreement as to the terms on which those interests should
be bought out An agreement having been reached,! "nder which £64 495
was paid by His Majesty s Government to the interested firms, an exchange
i p \ ce , on 4th February 1914, by the settlement embodied in
which the trench Government undertook '''no longer to claim for their
nationals the privileges and immunities secured under the Treaty between
France and Muscat of 1844, m so far as those privileges and immunities
conflict with the regu ations for the prevention of the illicit trade inarms
and ammunition in the Sultanate. In other respects the Treaty of 1844
remains in force. ' The expenditure involved was divided equally between
Indian and Imperial revenues.f It was decided that no compensation
should be paid to British firms affected.
17. \\hile a continual vigilance is called for, the steps taken to put
a stop to the arms traffic from Muscat, as described above, have been
completely successful In lOSl,? and again in 1925.il 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.
was able to report that save for the Batiueh coast, on which a truculent
Omam tribe (the Yal Saadj are not under the Sultan's effective control
(rf. para. o2) Muscat had entirely fallen out of the arms traffic; and the fact
that under the post-war Arms Traffic Convention, to which the Sultan has
adhered at the request of His Majesty's Government,^ Arabia had been made
a prohibited area for the import or export of arms, has for practical purposes
hitemarional difficulties. ^ ^ ^ reC " rrenCe ^ PreSeQt ~^n- of

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The volume is entitled Summary of Events in Territories of the Ottoman Empire, Persia and Arabia affecting the British Position in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1907-1928 (printed by the Committee of Imperial Defence, October 1928).

Includes sections on The Ottoman Empire, Persia, Arabia (Nejd [Najd]), Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Muscat, and Bahrein [Bahrain].

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1 volume (90 folios)
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There is a table of contents at the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 90 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1, 1A; ff. 86, 86A. Two folios, f. 3 and f. 4 have been reattached in the wrong order, so that f. 4 precedes f. 3. The following map folios need to be folded out to be examined: f. 87, f. 88.

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