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'Arms traffic (outside Persian Gulf)' [2v] (4/20)
The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1904. 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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handling, might eventually become “ a difficulty,
“ if not, indeed, a menace to the garrison at Cf. Pol. $ 69 / 04 .
“ Aden.”
These papers were referred to the Foreign Office,
who did not see their way to address the French
Government direct, as had been suggested. They
communicated, however, with the Turkish Govern
ment in case the Porte might wish to send a
remonstrance to the French. The result was not
helpful, as the Turks merely thought the occasion
a suitable one for requesting that the Aden
authorities should refrain from interfering with
any measures they might decide to take, to check
the traffic, at Ras-al-Arah, within our Protectorate.
For some time after this the hulk of the papers
refer to the trade in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
where the
“ Baluchistan” seizures had just taken place ; but
with the continuance of the troubles in Somaliland
attention was again directed to the traffic outside
the Gulf.
A memorandum, dated the 24th October 1901,
by Consul-General Hayes Sadler, on the subject of
“ the trade in arms at Jibuti and the danger arising
“ therefrom to our possessions in East Africa,” was
in November 1901 made the text of proposals for
concerted action by the Governments of Italy and
France and His Majesty’s Government (through
the Government of India, the Admiralty, and tbe
Somali Coast authorities) with a view to the
suppression of the traffic. Lieutenant-Colonel
Sadler said “ the most effectual remedy naturally
“ lies in closing the market, and this rests with the
“ French themselves.” He went on to suggest
measures which might be taken should the French
Government decline to co-operate; but in that
event, he feared, “ we shall not be able altogether
“ to stop the trade, though . . . we may be able to
“ check it and make it dangerous and expensive.”
Proposals for concerted action (No
vember 1901).
North-East Africa and Soudan Print,
24 th October, Sect. 2.
The Consul at Zeyla had previously (on 7th June Arms Traffic Print (Sect. No. 51).
1901) given information regarding the discharge
at Jibuti of a large cargo of arms and ammunition,
comprising, it was said, some 10,000 rifles, which
had been distributed among the shops of the
Greek merchants, a large number of them being
purchased locally by Arabs, Somalis, and
Abyssinians, but the majority placed in sailing
boats and despatched to Has Ara, Maide, and
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ports.
The Resident, also, in a report to the Govern
ment of Bombay, dated 26th September 1901, had
referred to an inquiry recently made by a German
firm, “whether there were any obstacles to the
“ transhipment at Aden for Jibuti of guns, cart-
“ ridges, and mountain cannons in large quantities
30 or 40 tons fortnightly being mentioned as
probable consignments.
f
On the 27th August 1901 Sir E. Monson was
instructed to call the attention of the French
Representations to the French Go
vernment.
Pol. 2274 / 01 .
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This file concerns arms traffic outside of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Specifically, the document discusses what it refers to as the 'spasmodic' illicit traffic of arms (as opposed to 'systematic' traffic) which has been carried out by masters of dhows carrying other merchandise. Most of the file is concerned with the traffic of arms from Jibuti [Djibouti] – which is referred to as ' the distributing centre [original italics]' for the arms trade outside of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. – to ports in the Gulf of Aden.
The document provides a brief history (from a British perspective) of traffic from Jibuti in the years since the signing of the Brussels Convention in 1890. It summarises, and provides references to, letters and despatches from a number of British authorities, which discuss various issues relating to the arms trade out of Jibuti, including: the extent to which traffic at Jibuti has been regulated; the possible threat that the traffic poses to the Aden garrison; the effects of measures taken by the French to curtail the traffic from Jibuti; other possible ports of supply, such as Zanzibar, Muscat and the Aden Protectorate ports.
Also discussed are the attitudes of the maritime chiefs to the arms traffic, the various preventive measures available to the Resident at Aden for dealing with the effects of the traffic at Aden, an account of measures taken both by the British Somaliland authorities and by the Italian authorities, and an evaluation of the naval measures taken by the British since 1901. The file concludes by noting that one possible solution to the problem could be the deployment of armed dhows, a measure which previously has been advocated by the naval authorities, the Viceroy and the Resident at Aden.
The document is attributed to P H D [P H Dumbell, Reading Clerk to the Council, 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. ].
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