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File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.' [262v] (529/720)
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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In bringing the above to Your Excellence’s knowledge, I have the
honour to call the attention of the British Government not only to the
facts themselves, but to the necessity of taking steps in order that the
Bay of Muskat may not become a centre for the traffic in arms with
Somali Land.
In anticipation of the reply with which Your Excellency may be
pleased to favour me in the matter,
I have, &c.,
The Right Hon. Sir E. Grey, Bart., A. de Bosdari.
&c., &c., &c.
Enclosure No. 2.
of
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.
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.
,
13th April 1908.
1 am directed by Mr. Secretary Morley to acknowledge the receipt
your letter No. 10,956, dated the 8th April 1908, with which was
forwarded a Note from the Italian Charge d’Affaires calling attention to
a case in which a British steamer at Muskat engaged an Arab sambouk
from the Red Sea, m the emplo 3 r ment of an Italian merchant, to smuggle
arms into Koweit. It is stated that the steamer had previously
attempted to unload the arms at Mohammerah, but had been prevented
from doing so by the local authorities.
The case seems to Mr. Morley one that requires investigation at
Mohammerah, Muskat, and Koweit. But it would facilitate such
m 9 u ^ e ® ^ precise information could be furnished as to the dates on
which the transaction occurred, and as to the names or other particulars
by which the steamer and the sambouk could be identified.
Mr. Morley would therefore suggest, for Sir E. Grey’s ’ consideration
mat, before instructions are sent to the Government of India to institute
inquiries at Muskat and Koweit, the Italian Government should be
requester to furnish a more detailed statement of the circumstances
reported by them.
, A® Sir b if, aware the importation of arms at Koweit has been
forbidden by the Sheikh, though it has not been found practicable to
enforce the carrying out of the prohibition. Nor does the export of arms
f 0 ^Qfl S t- TfT® 1 *, 001116 , within the sc °P e of th e Sultan’s Notification
of loJo which declared such export to Persia and British India illegal.
s regards Mohammerah, the import of arms into Persian territory has
been prohibited by the Persian Government, and it would apparently
have been within the rights of the local authorities to have cmffiscated
the consignment m question.
. A f r : Morle y assumes that, if it is thought desirable to institute
inquiries, a report will be called for from the Consul at Mohammerah as
weil as from the Political Agents at Muskat and Koweit.
The Under Secretary of State, 1 W ’ i C '’ Goi)LEY
.foreign Office.
No. 16,365.
Enclosure No. 3.
Foreign Office to
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.
.
Foreign Office,
W'+Vi r r- i 18th May 1908.
With reference to your letter of 13th April last, I am directed by
Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit to you herewith, to be laid before
Viscount Morley, a copy of a letter from the Italian Charge d’Affaires
KowT. g smuggling of arms by a British Iteamer into
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/112
- Title
- File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.'
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- 262r:263r, 267r:267v
- Author
- Bosdaro, Count Alessandro de
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