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'The Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf' [41r] (24/62)
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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37. A new and unpleasant feature of the season of 1908 was the threatened
Af , p , attack made by a party of Afghans
m i\r r ^ nan 14 ®I )r J sals - belonging to the main caravan upon the
1908 g re5 '' 16 Indo-European Department's^ Telegraph
3513/08. station at Dehaneh, 0 their avowed
object being to kill an Englishman in
revenge for having had six men killed on the coast while engaged in the
arms traffic. As it happened there was no European official at Dehaneh, and
the Afghans, having ascertained this, did not proceed to the telegraph station,
but contented themselves with carrying off a native lineman in the employ
ment of the Department. The latter was at first reported to have been put
to death, but he subsequently escaped from his captors and made his way to
Koh-i-Malik Siah. After the caravan had reached Afghanistan in safety,
20 Afghans turned back to take vengeance for the death of their two comrades
who had been killed by the Persian troops. {See paragraph 36.)
38. The whole situation was reviewed by Sir A. H. McMahon, Agent to
■n i p . tlie Governor-General in Baluchistan,
Proposal for Military Cordon on in a report t0 the Government of India,
i-eisian toast. dated the 24th Octobel . 190g He
IncMh October ToOS. 0 G0 ~ nt 0f P^ed ont that the preventive measures
2078/08 taken during the past year had been
practically ineffectual in checking the
smuggling of arms, while they had exasperated the Afghan gnu-runners and
made it probable that they would retaliate upon outlying stations of the
Indo-European Telegraph Department during the coining season.
He considered that only two courses were open to us for the coming
season, viz., either—
(1.) To abandon all serious attempts at prevention and ccnfine ourselves
merely to defensive measures for the protection of telegraph
stations, &c. We should thus, he observed, u be saved great
expense, trouble, and risk, and the quantity of arms and ammu
nition that will reach Afghanistan will be in no way affected f
(2.) To adopt preventive measures on a really large scale, both by land
and sea, including the establishment of a strong military cordon in
Persian territory, either inland through Pobat and Bam (in
prolongation of the line held during the previous season on the
British side of the frontier, see paragraph 22) or, preferably, along
the coast line from Bunder Abbas to Gwettur (over 400 miles).
In view of " the serious danger that threatens the peace of our Indian
u frontier from the wholesale armament of our frontier tribes, and the
" trouble which threatens in the future from huge accumulations of
" arms and ammunition in Persian Baluchistan," Sir A. McMahon felt
" reluctantly compelled " to recommend the adoption of alternative No. (2),
rather than incur the evil effect of even one more arms traffic season. He
considered that two regiments of infantry would suffice for the proposed
cordon.
39. It was considered, however, that political and financial considerations
, x , t i qaq precluded for the present the employ-
Viceroy s telegram, 6tn January 1909. . x . , • n • i %
154/09. ment oi troops in Persian territory or
any considerable increase of naval
activity in the Gulf. The Government of India recommended that naval
Lord Morley's telegram, 15th January activity should be continued with the
1909. force available, but no other special
2850 a /09. action taken during the coming season.
This course was approved by His Majesty's Government on the 15th January
1909.
Arrangements were made at the same time for the temporary withdrawal
of the Dehaneh telegraph staff to Koh-i-Malik Siah.
* Dehaneh lies some 12 miles to the west of Gerageh, a regular halting-place cn the
caravan road between Regan and Seistan. The Afghans wrecked the telegraph line at
Gerageh immediately on arriving there.
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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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