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File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.' [‎299r] (602/720)

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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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in order to settle up Ms accounts with Goguyer, Mobarek is reported to have
said : —
“ Go, but ask Goguyer how be came to say that he had a letter written
by me to him, when he knew perfectly well how many letters
he has sent to me and to Seyyed Khalifa, to which he has
received no reply.”
So much for Sheikh Mubarak’s ostensible attitude. On the other hand,
Captain Knox has received from a source which he seems to consider entitled to
some credence details of the following correspondence, said to have taken place
between Mubarak and one P. Massonet, acting on behalf of the “ Manufacture
d’armes a feu,” at Liege.
In reply to this Company’s letter offering their services, the Sheikh is
reported to have written on the 23rd September :—
“ I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter written in Prench and
German, dated 19th August, and note contents. As regards arms
which are generally imported into this country from Mask at, if
you are anxious to have transactions with the people here in this
class of goods, I hope your so doing will prove most satisfactory,
and the merchants will be glad to open their business with ypu. I
shall try my utmost to protect your interests in this line of
business, and shall be pleased to furnish you with the address of
the well-known merchants to whom you may consign your goods
whenever you want to ship them.”
This letter elicited the following reply from Liege
“ I have received your letter and do not clearly understand it. I could
either appoint an agent, if you wished, or would you kindly give
me the name and address of a merchant who would, with your
approval, act as my agent ?
The Sheikh is alleged to have told the man who translated this letter to
him that he would like to enter into negotiations, hut could not understand
X’ the English put difficulties in the way of his importing arms and ammum-
tl011 ' Tinder the circumstances, Captain Knox fears that there is little doubt
that Goguyer has a genuine letter from Sheikh Mubarak permitting him
trade, hut he has been unable to obtain a copy or the date o i
Th c Political A [rent, Maskat, also endeavoured, informally, to get tne
p ni Consul at Maskat to show him the letter quoted by Goguyer or give
informed Major Grey that the letter was received by Goguyer at the end
1902 or beginning of 1903. ^
3lst December 1905.

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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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