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'The Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf' [30r] (2/62)
The record is made up of 30 folios. It was created in 10 Jun 1910. 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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THE ARMS TRAFFIC IN THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I.—Summary of Early History (paragraphs 1-16) ... . 1
II-—The Situation in 1907 (paragraphs 17-30) - - - - 7
III.—Events in 1907-09; the Brussels Arms Conference, 1908-09 (paragraphs
31-39) ....... 18
IV.—Events subsequent to Brussels Conference: Naval Blockade Operations (para
graphs 40-78) - - - - - - - 24
Appendices - - - - - - - 45
Index - - - - . - --59
I.
Summary of Early History.
1. The trade in modern arms and ammunition in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
seems
first to have attracted the attention of the Government of India during the
Afghan war of 1879-80, and in the year 1880 the first restrictive measures
were taken, the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
being instructed to abstain from
granting licenses for the export of heavy consignments of arms and
ammunition to
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ports and to watch carefully the import of such
articles at Karachi and on the coast to the westward.
2. In 1881 the Persian Government, who seem to have realised that the
trade might have dangerous consequences for themselves, issued a Decree
that " no arms or munitions of war, such as guns, caps, gunpowder, &c., should
" enter Persian territory without the permission of the Great Government," In
announcing the issue of this Decree to the British Legation, the Persian
Minister for Foreign Affairs wrote as
Persian Decree, 1881. follows on the 3rd July 1881: " Since the
Mr. Thomson to Lord Granville, 12th u 0 f purchasing arms and intro-
July 1881. « ( j uc i n g the same into Persia belongs to
" the Persian Government, who exercise it through their own specially appointed
" officials, and if this absolute right were not exclusively confined to the
" Government, and everybody who thought fit to do so were allowed to
" purchase such articles and introduce them into the country, this great
" governmental privilege would become obsolete, and considerable^ evils
'• W ould result to the State. Therefore His Majesty the Shah has issued
" orders that no one shall import arms of any description whatsoever into
44 this country from abroad, and any person in whose possession arms
u of foreign make are found will be liable to have them confiscated by
" Government."
3 By a Proclamation dated the 3rd March 1891, the Sultan of Muskat
Gwadur Prohibition, 1891. prohibited the import and export of
(Appendix IV.) arms and ammunition at (jrwadur, Mis
960/98. Highness' dependency on the Mekran
coast.* The traffic thus became illegal along the whole littoral from the head
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to the British border.
♦ This prohibition was apparently inconsistent with the Sultan's obligations under his
commercial treaties (see paragraph 9 and footnote). But its propriety has never been challenged
by any foreign Power.
s. 16. a
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This file is a report regarding arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh of 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. 's Political Department. The main body of the report (ff 30-51) is divided up as follows:
I. Summary of Early History;
II. The Situation in 1907;
III. Events in 1907-09;
IV. Events subsequent to Brussels Conference: Naval Blockade Operations.
Following the report, the file contains a series of appendices (ff 52-58), the details of which are as follows:
I. Treaty between United States and Muskat [Muscat], 1833;
II. Treaty between France and Muskat, 1844;
III. Anglo-French Declaration, 1862;
IV. Gwadur Prohibition, 1891;
V. Persian Agreement, 1897;
VI. Muskat Agreement, 1898;
VII. Bahrein [Bahrain] Agreement, 1898;
VIII. Restrictions on British Traders at Muskat; Regulations issued 1898;
IX. Koweit [Kuwait] Agreement, 1900;
X. Trucial Chiefs Agreement, 1902;
XI. Muskat Notifications, 1903;
XII. Karwan Arms Agreement, 1906;
XIII. Powers of search and detention by His Majesty's Ships;
XIV. Seizures of Arms and Ammunitions, November 1909 - May 1910.
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- 30 folios
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An alphabetical index is contained in the file on folio 59.
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Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains several other reports on a number of topics.
Foliation: The foliation for this sequence commences at f 30, and terminates at f 59, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 also present in parallel between ff 7-151; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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