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'The Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf' [‎34v] (11/62)

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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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would do all in his power to pat a stop to his " objoctiouable
added, however, that M. Gogayer had projd^^the past a
1902/07. 1907 M. Laronce, French Consul at
Muskat, furnished his Government with proofs of M. Goguyer's participation
in the illicit traffic, and informed 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. that he had insti uctions
to give all possible assistance in preventing the export of arms to prohibited
localities.- M. Goguyer died at Muskat on the 16th October 1909. Another
French merchant, M. Caracalla, " encouraged by the success of his pre
decessor," visited Muskat in July 1906, with the apparent object of taking
part in the arms trade. M. Caracalla again visited Muskat in Xovembei 1907,
and his name and those of MM. Goguyer, Baijeot, and Kevorkoff were
included in a list furnished by 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. in the same month ol
French subjects engaged in the traffic (Major Grey to Government of India,
2nd November 1907, 2114/07).
The main effect of the restrictions imposed upon British Indian traders
at Muskat on the 27th June 1898 {see paragraph 8 and Appendix VIII.) seems
to have been to throw the trade to an increasing extent into foreign hands.
- d , . tj i i The question of cancelling these restric-
Restnctions on British dealers. 1 , " r
tions was raised by the Government oi
India, at the instance of 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. , Muskat,| and the Resident in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in their despatch of 30tli July 1903. " So long as the trade
1112/03 " con ti nu es," they wrote, " it is desirable
" that, so far as possible, it should
" remain in the hands of British subjects rather than that it should pass to
" French firms, and that business at Muskat should thus become more
" profitable than ever to M. Goguyer and his fellows. We realise that the
" regulations in question must tend to place British traders at a disadvantage
" compared with their rivals of other nationalities, and we are inclined to
" think that this consideration more than outweighs the advantage of the
" limited degree of control which the rules secure." His Majesty's Govern
ment decided, however, that no action should be taken at the time, pending
the result of a reference which had been made to the French Government
on the general subject (see paragraph 17, footnote). The question was again
raised by the Government of India in a despatch dated the 18th August 1904
( 1 564/04); and again in their despatch of 21st February 1907/see para
graph 32 (4) On the latter occasion His Majesty's Government decided
(Despatch to Government of India, 31st May 1907) that the restrictions should
be maintained pending the meeting of the Brussels Arms Conference in
Apn! 1908 It should be added that on the 5th May 1909 the Foreign Office
informed Messrs. Kynoch that there was no likelihood of any relaxation of
the regulations issued m June 1898.
impoLdLStk^ h th P U r imate destina ' io ? 1 . of the arms and ammunition
npoited into Muskat, the Government of India, m their Despatch of 30th Julv
1903, expressed the view that "the existence of any considerable traffic h
t he African seaboard has n ot been est ablished, and it see^ probaWe that
Major Grey reported that the^ultan'oolMkat T'I Si,t ' Kf / lctor - v , ()n 18th November 1907
sell arms and ammunition to Afghans in fuW fw fu x. , A *"f b arms merchants to
a circular to the Consul had also i SS ued
cerf^S^S - — -3, iron.
"tnd: r y r t im h i s
" getting firmly established in the trade as m Z adventlirers , who are day by day
'' the Freneh firms who import eve^ month montKly reports. It is now only
been for the existence of such restrirHon* wo thirds of the whole cargo. Had it not
u \ would never have allowed themselves'to it'' ' l l' ' 'n 01101 ' 8 ' 1 tlu ^ r make bold to say that
^ Arabs as they have been at present. It is onlv thk 7 the Freilch . Greeks, and
Thefts
—on, and to he P Jed^e^ ^

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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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