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File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.' [‎235r] (474/720)

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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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From Viceroy, Uh February 1910.
[Repeated to Tehran.)
1 oreign Secret. Arms traffic. Arms merchants are beginning to move
their arms from Maskat to Koweit. Admiral strongly urges that Sheikh’s
pioclamation of 24th May .1900 should be made widely known, and that
Sultan of Maskat should be asked to include Koweit dhows within the scope
of his pioclamation. Both Admiral and Acting Resident in Gulf think it
essential to search Koweit dhows and confiscate arms and ammunition on
them. We piopose with your approval issuing orders that action may be
taken under the Koweit proclamation outside Maskat territorial waters at
once, and within those waters if Sultan of Maskat will issue necessary
pioclamation , also that action be taken under Bahrein and Trucial Chiefs’
proclamation and notifications (see Enclosure 4 to our Secret External
Despatch No. 108 of 7th July 1898, and Enclosure 20 to our Secret External
Despatch No. 9 of 29th January 1903). Bahrein may claim surrender
of contraband under the proclamation, but we need not anticipate difficulty
at present.
Major Trevor revives suggestion of agreement with Turkev authorising
action against dhows which fly Turkish flag in Gulf of Oman ~and Persian
Gulf [vide our Secret External Despatch No. 24 of 21st February 1907). If
this be appropriate time to move, we support proposal.
Agent of Goguyer firm is starting device of contracting to buy dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. in
the event of capture, and has made representations about a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. captured
and released m Maskat waters, facts m this case will be communicated
wdien full report is received, but clearly transaction of this kind cannot be
regarded as bond fide. Your attention is invited to our Secret Despatch
No. 86, External of 5th July 1900.
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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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