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File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.' [‎11r] (26/720)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (358 folios). It was created in 28 Apr 1900-15 Jun 1914. It was written in English and French. 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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No. 362, dated Bushire, the 2nd (received 10th) February 1913.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox K r t f r q t d , o .
dent in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , ’ K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Political Resi-
To - T he Secreta'T to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
telegram Nof^g-C? date^lanuar'y^l't^Th w!th Fore . i S n Department
v^., aatea January 14th, I have the honour to forward, for the
Letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian ^formation of the Government of India,
January 0 29th, ^913^ ° f Kuwait ' No< 4 ‘* dated C0 P ies ^ the marginally cited correspond-
Letter from the Shaikh of Kuwait, to the Political which has since passed between the
Resident >n the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 22nd January Shaikh of Kuwait and myself with regard
Letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian mar kmg with the Warehouse Stamp
FeWy i e 9 i S 3 haikh ° f Kuwait ' N0, S3, dated ,st of arms to be Purchased at Maskat.
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No. 41, dated 29th January 1913.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I.. Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
To— Shaikh Sir Mubarak-es-Sabah, K.C.I.E., Ruler of Kuwait.'
In my letter No. 309, dated 31st December 1912, to Your Honour, I
informed gon conclusion that I had submitted your request to Government and
would inTdfm you directly I received their reply.
This has now reached me and the purport of it is what I thought it would
be : Government remind me that their concurrence in the import of 6,000
weapons from Maskat to Kuwait was accorded on the specific understanding
that these arms would bear the Maskat warehouse mark and they direct me to
explain to Your Honour that they cannot regard the objections of your subjects
to the marks as being a valid one, and that such an awkward and far-reaching
precedent would be created by any relaxation of the warehouse rules in this
respect, and the matter is so important, that they much regret that they are
unable to countenance it even from Your Excellency.
They trust therefore that you will be able to make your subjects see the
groundlessness of their hesitation and oblige them to take the weapons if they
need them with the warehouse mark duly stamped on them.
This is what had to be explained and salaams.
Dated 14th Safar 1331 (=22nd January) (received 30th) January 1913.
From— Shaikh Sir Mubarak-es-Sabah, K.C.I.E., Ruler of Kuwait,
To— Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.L) Political Resi
dent in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
I had the honour to receive your esteemed communication dated the 21st
Moharrum I33i=3ist December 1912.
Your Honour had expressed the hope that I will be satisfied with the
explanations contained in your previous communication dated the Zilhijjah
1330 (15th November 1912). I, your dependent, confide in, and abide by, your
order ; and it is only necessary for me to represent my requirements and press
ing needs. When I have brought these to your august notice, the order will
then rest with you and my mind will agree to whatever that you may command.
As to my need of weapons for my subjects, the townspeople and the tribes
men, it is as I represented to you verbally during your visit to our side in the
month of Rajab 1330 (=June-July 1912). I possessed your permission for wo
thousand and five hundred and I postponed taking advantage of it in view o y
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The volume discusses the work of British political and naval authorities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in suppressing the trafficking arms and ammunition, particularly from Muscat to Koweit [Kuwait]. Included are reports of searches undertaken on vessels suspected of trafficking of arms, including inventories of seized goods, and records of land attacks undertaken on arms depots and caches along the Gulf coastline.

The later correspondence discusses the discovery of arms and ammunitions being smuggled into Koweit within cases of loaf sugar (sugarloaf), and attempts to identify those responsible for sending and receiving the smuggled goods.

The principal correspondents include the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Charles Arnold Kemball, and Percy Zachariah Cox); 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. and Consul at Muscat (William George Grey, and Frank McConaghey); 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. at Kuwait (Stuart George Knox, and William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Sir Louis William Dane, and Spencer Harcourt Butler); the Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and India (Lord George Francis Hamilton, William St John Fremantle Brodrick, John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn); the Viceroy of India; the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade, and Richard Henry Peirse); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Marine Department (Malcolm Henry Stanley Grover); the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Victor Gallafent Gurner, Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall, and James C Tancard); and representatives of the Foreign Office, 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. and the Admiralty.

This is part 3 of 10. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (358 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 619 (Arms Traffic) consists of 7 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/110-116. The volumes are divided into 10 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6, 7, 8, and 9 comprising the sixth volume and part 10 comprising the seventh volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 358; 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.

Condition: The spine has become detached and has been placed in a plastic sleeve and placed after the last folio of the volume. It has been foliated with the number 357.

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