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File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.' [188r] (380/720)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
ARMS TRAFFIC.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[February 24.]
Section 2.
[6598]
No. 1.
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.
to Foreign Office.—(Received February 24.)
Sir
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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.
, February 24, 1910.
W1 [ H reference to this office letter of the 10th instant and your reply of the
16th instant I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to forward, for the
information of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copies of further teleorams
;T otT l/r t ie } lcer °y» dated the 17th and 22nd February,* from which it appears that
t r + T Ml ^ Cat ° f the firm of Go S u y er is purchasing dhows, and, with the consent
ot tiie Ireneh consul, dispatching arms and ammunition under the French flas;.
So far as Viscount Morley is aware, His Majesty’s ships cannot touch'French
dhows carrying the French flag, but the import of arms having been prohibited by all
countries bordering on the gulf except Katr, the rulers of those countries can
presumably confiscate any such arms as may be landed in that territory. With a
view, therefore, to minimising the evil, Lord Morley would propose, if the Government
0 India think it practicable, that the sheikhs of Loweit, Bahrein, and Mohammerah
L an( ^ ^ ie ^racial chiefs should be urged to seize any such consignments and hand them
over to the British authorities. His Majesty’s Government undertaking to support the
sheikhs and chiefs in case of any unpleasantness with the French, and, if necessary
to give compensation for the arms, or to restore them ultimately to the local rulers!
when assured that there is no risk of their merely passing into the hands of the
dealers.
With regard to the last paragraph of the Viceroy’s telegram of the 22nd instant,
1 am to enclose copy of Lord Morley’s telegram of the 20th instant referred to
therein, f and to remark that the Viceroy’s expression li our issuing passes” is not
quite correct. The official who would be responsible for the issue of passes would be
an official of the Sultan of Muscat, though doubtless a British subject, and the French
would therefore have no locus standi for objecting.
In conclusion, I am to invite attention to the letter from the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty of the 21st instant, of which it is understood that a copy has been
furnished to your department. As regards the agreement with the Persian Govern
ment of 1897, Lord Morley is of opinion that the Sadr-i-Azam’s letter of the
18th December, 1897, read in the light of Mr. C. Hardinge’s letter of 11th December,
1897, does not authorise the search by British ships in Persian waters of any dhows
irrespective of their character and nationality. But he would be glad to be favoured
with Sir E. Grey’s views on this point,! and on the others raised by the admiral.§
I am, &c.
B, BITCHIE.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Government of India to Viscount Morley.
(Telegraphic.) P. ‘ February 22, 1910.
ARMS traffic.
Holland informs us by telegraph that the representative of Goguyer has bought
a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
and sent her under the French flag to Katr laden with arms and ammunition,
and that the report of the purchase has been confirmed by the French consul in reply
to a request for the exchange of a list of dhows. Holland had previously been
informed by the Sultan that the transaction was not carried out with his assistance or
approval. Afterwards his Highness paid a long visit to the French consul, who told
Holland that he bad been informed by the Sultan that he bad no recollection of the
proclamation of 1898 empowering us to search ships.
Goguyer is negotiating purchase of another
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
, and Holland has been told by
* bee [5725]. j- See [6382]. f See [5725]. § See [5725 and 6325].
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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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- Title
- File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:10v, 12r:17r, 18v:21v, 27r:28v, 37r:44r, 45r:45v, 46v:48v, 50r:58v, 60r:116v, 119r:124v, 125v, 127v:141v, 144r:145v, 149r:169v, 170v:261v, 263v:266v, 268r:277v, 278v:281v, 283r:292r, 293r:304v, 306r:307v, 309r:350v, 353r:357v, back-i
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