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'The Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf' [‎32r] (6/62)

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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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Among the underwriters who suffered loss in consequence of this decision
were the North China Insurance Company, Limited. This Company
petitioned His Majesty's Government in January 1902 (1932/02), and again
in July 1906 (3280/06), to be compensated for their losses. The petition was
refused on both occasions.
As regards the legality of the act of seizure, the question was determined
by the further action brought by Messrs. Fracis, Times, & Co., against
Captain Carr, R.N., the officer who had seized the " Baluchistan," for wrongful
deprivation of property. Mr. Justice Grantham, who tried the case in the
first instance, found for the defendant, and his judgment, after being reversed
by the Court of Appeal, was finally upheld by the House of Lords, on the
.ground that the seizure had taken place in Muskat territorial waters, and
was, under the Sultan's Proclamation of January 1898, justifiable according
to the law of Muskat. A third action was brought against Colonel Meade,
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , by Messrs. Fracis, Times, & Co., in respect of
arms and ammunition seized at Bushire in December 1897, and at Bahrein
in January 1898. Judgment was given for the defendant in May 1901.
The effect of these proceedings was to reduce Messrs. Fracis, Times, &Co.,
to bankruptcy ; and to impose, for the time being, a decided check on the
arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
12. On the 1st January 1900 the Shah promulgated a law reaffirming the
Persian Law of 1900. prohibition against the importation into
Mr. Spring-Rice to Lord Salisbury, Persia of arms and ammunition, as well
28th May 1900. as various other commodities. The
2220/00. caS e of the British steamer " Hathor,"
on board of which arms were seized at Bushire in November 1900, led to an
Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. being issued, on the recommendation of the Law Officers
of the Crown, by which the Persian Law of the 1st January 1900 was made
applicable to British subjects, in so far as the provisions respecting arms and
ammunition were concerned.
13. On the 24th May 1900 the Sheikh of Koweit entered into an
Tr • j A innn agreement with the British Govern-
0Wei (Appendix ix!) * ment, by wdiich he engaged " absolutely
Government of India's letter of 5th July " to prohibit the importation of arms
1900. into Koweit, or exportation there-
737/00. from." To carry out this engagement,
he issued on the same day (1) a Notification declaring that u the importation
" of arms and ammunition into Koweit and the territory under my control,
" and the exportation of the same, are absolutely prohibited," and that " all
" arms and ammunition imported into any parts of Koweit ^territory, or
" exported therefrom, in future will be seized and confiscated ; (2) a Pio-
clamation conferring on British and Persian vessels of war the right to
search, in Koweit territorial waters, vessels carrying the British, Persian, or
Koweit flag, as well as Koweit vessels m Indian and 1 ersian waters , and to
confiscate any arms and ammunition destined for Indian, Persian, or Koweit
ports.
It should be added that it was decided that the Koweit Agreement should
not be published, and that no action should be taken in the way of search or
seizure of Koweit vessels without special instructions from Her Majesty s
Government.
14. In November 1902 the Trucial Chiefs entered into an engagement to
prohibit absolutely the import and
Trucial Chiefs Agreement, 1902. export of arms and ammunition to and
(Appendix X.) f rom their territory ; and, to carry out
Government of India's letter, 29th this engagement, issued a notification
January 1903. ^ declaring that the traffic was absolutely
257 / 03 - prohibited, and that all arms and ammu-
nition imported into, or exported from, their territories would be seized and
confiscated.
s. 16. b

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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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