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'The Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf' [‎31r] (4/62)

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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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at a part of the tribal armaments might have been derived from the Persian
Persian Agreement, 1897. Gulf. In the same year (1897) it
(Appendix V.) was decided to take up the Question
5th January^898 nge ^ Lord SalisbmT ' actlvel y with the Persian Government,
' 1775/98. and at the close of the year the latter,
,, , a . as a result of British pressure, agreed
that _ m addition to such measures as " may be taken by Persian officials, Her
u -vlajesty s ships should examine and search all merchant-vessels tradino- in
the 1 ersian Gulf, and confiscate and hand over to the Persian Government
ail prohibited arms found on board." The Grand Vizier's note of the
( th December 1897, in which this Agreement was embodied, further stated
that the 1 ersian Government was ready "to join with Her Majesty's Govern-
<{ inen > t iii lequesting the feultan of Muskat to notify in the ports and
<< ^ 111 t ories Muskat that arms should not be imported from that side into
eisia oi Hindustan, also that English ships should exercise in regard to
scaich and confiscation the same rights in Muskat as in Persian waters."
1 he joint i epi esentations to the Sultan of Muskat were successful.
The Sultan fell in with the suggestion that he should co-operate in the
Muskat Agreement, 1898. suppiession of the arms traffic, and on
(Appendix VI.) the 13th January 1898, he issued (1) a
Government of India's letter of 10th Notification warning his subjects that
February 189b. ^ the importation of arms and ammuni-
295 / 98 - tion into India and Persia was illegal;
and (2) a Proclamation authorizing British and Persian vessels of war to
search, within Muskat territorial waters, vessels carrying the British, Persian,
or Muskat flag, as well as Muskat vessels in Indian and Persian waters,
and to confiscate arms and ammunition intended for Indian and Persian
ports.
In his letter to the Resident agreeing to the issue of these documents, the
Sultan said (13th January 1898) :—"We have complied with it most willingly,
" and we associate with the British and Persian Governments in the arrange-
" ments that are made and that will be hereafter made for the suppression of
" this trade in arms and ammunition."
Power to search Muskat vessels on the high seas was obtained under the
Sultan's Notification of 17th October 1903, which had special reference to the
export of arms from Muskat to the Somali Coast, and was issued at the
instance of the British and Italian Governments. (See Appendix XL).
In June 1898, with a view to placing a further check on the arms
Restrictions on British traders at traffic in Oman rules were issiied re-
Muskat. quiring every British subject " who
(Appendix VIII.) u now or hereafter has or becomes
Government of India's letter, 7th July " possessed of any arms or ammunition
1898. ^ "in the dominions of the Sultan of
707//98 ' " Muskat, or who imports any arms or
"ammunition into the said dominions" to furnish the British Consul
" without unreasonable delay " with a " true and complete list and descrip
tion " of all such arms and ammunition; the lists and descriptions to be
" in such form as the said Consul may from time to time require."
9. It should be observed (1) that the right of search authorised by the
Sultan's prohibition applied only to
Muskat Commercial Treaties. British, Persian, and Muskat vessels;
(2) that the importation of arms into Muskat was not prohibited; and (3)
that the export of arms from Muskat was only prohibited to two specified
countries, viz., India and Persia. As regards (2) and (3) the Sultan was
precluded by the terms of his Commercial Treaties with the United States
(1833) and France (1844) (see Appendices I. and II.), and his "Commercial

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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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