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'The Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf' [40v] (23/62)
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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22
' 36. In the meanw
rhile the arms traffic proceeded vigorously. On the
18th April 1908, H.M.S. "Proserpine"
captured off Ras-el-Kuh, west of Jask, a
The Traffic in 1908 09.
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
with 1,500 rifles and ammunition
on board. On approaching the shore
two days later one of the "Proserpine's " boats was fired at, one bluejacket
being killed and another wounded. 200 men were subsequently landed from
the " Proserpine " to protect the Jask station.On the 7th May 1908 the
Government of India telegraphed that large quantities of arms and ammu
nition (amounting, according to their latest information, to about 12,500
rifles with probably 2,000,000 rounds of ammunition) had already been
landed on the Persian coast, and that no adequate arrangements had been
made by the Persian Government for intercepting caravans. On the 22nd
May 1908 Mr. Marling, the British Charge d'Affaires at Tehran, reported that
he had been "constantly urging" the Persian Government " to take measures
"to force the caravans to take the route through British Baluchistan,
" where the British Government has a small force in readiness to intercept
"them." Mr. Marling stated that the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and of
the Interior had both promised to do all they could, but that he feared it was
hopeless to expect any effective action, as the local authorities were without
the funds requisite to raise and pay men for the purpose, and the Central
Government was quite unable to furnish them with money. On the
30th. June 1908 tiie Government of
Viceroy's telegram of 30th June 1908. India telegraphed a summary of the
1290/08. traffic between the Gulf and Afghanistan
during the gun-running season that
/ ... , had just come to an end. The main
caravan (with some 1,000 menf and 900 camels) which reached Afghanistan
vm Regan and Nasratabad Ispe on the 8th June 1908 was believed to have
ram r M ^ f ^ 2 ^ 0 ?' 000 ^unds of ammunition, all of which
, 0111 A f lus V at a ^! were ianded in small boats at various points on the
"fn coast. In addition to this, information had been received of three
'erdLrTwh^ ^ ^ PaSSed ^ Af ^ n ^an through Persian
fbom W a J I L ir i Cr0SS f d a COriier of Muchistan. Another party of
the Persian authorities to stop the passage of i mpt Was m; 1 lde b 3'
mafn^avr'bm S ^
A & n stragglers ( wh o m th e y ^ Se f ^
7th lfarch O i a 909 HJIS 68 "Fox "captured 3 ,on ^ Part 0f 1909 - 0n the
° r Papers, but belongino- to Muskit tP t e ?l a <,how without
o0 000 rounds of aninu.niEon on boa 1( f ^ T' y \ ^' tl l r 350 rifles ^d
I ox captured another dhnw ni vi I^th March 1909 the
1,200 rifles and 125.000 rounds ' 1, ! lv, tl»nt colours or papers, carrying
cS^rLSueTrrSinl—-
vanouslyestimated from 100to 1 200 ^ 0Vernment of India, the number* of the „
Tit ™ Itbter SaTe thC ™ reCe,Ved throUgh th0 Ind °- B ^pe»n TekgTph
^ into ^
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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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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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