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File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.' [311r] (626/720)
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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No. 184, dated Bushire the 23rd April (received 1st May) 1905.
From— Major P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., Officiating
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,
To-—S. M. FRASER, Esq., C.I.E., Secretary,te the Government of India in the
Foreign Department, Simla.
1 have the honour to refer you to Foreign Department letter No. sgiS-E.A.,
dated 7th Septmber 1904, on the subject of the duties of the new
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 Koweit.
2. In paragraph 5 thereof the Government of India expressed their desire
to be furnished with information regarding the Trade in Arms with Koweit, and
1 now have the honour to forward for information a copy of a recent report wh;ch
I have received from Captain Knox on the subject.
3. When I have at any time received special intimation from M a skat or
elsewhere of the consignment of arms to Koweit, I have asked the Political
Agent to apprise Sheikh Mubarak of it ; and I have also reminded the British
India Steam Navigation Company of the prohibition which exists against the
importation of arms into that port.
In view however of the somewhat delicate position in which our Represen
tative at Koweit has been placed at first starting, and to the fact that had he
shewn any disposition to worry Sheikh Mubarak about this or any other matter,
the latter would probably have regarded his presence as a doubtful advantage,
and would probably have made things unpleasant for him, it seemed advisable to
limit our action to the extent above mentioned, and pending any special instruc
tions which the Government of India see fit to communicate to me on the subject
I shall not take any more decided a line so far as Koweit is concerned.
I understand, moreover, that an investigation of the Arms Traffic in the Gulf
has formed an item of Mr. J. G. Lorimer’s work for the Gazetteer, and on receipt
of his report the Government of India will be in a position to take the whole
question in review as it exists at the present moment.
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No. 230, dated 2ist February 1905.
From —C aptain S. G. Knox, I.A.,
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.
Koweit,
To— Major P. z. Cox, C.I.E., officiating Policitial Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 215 , dated
1 cth February 190 s, on the subject of the trade in arms and ammunition at Koweit
inwhich I am^ef erred to the correspondence quoted in the margin.
. N 2. The instructions contained therein
2 q uf h.^A P dated^71^September r 4. C “ * have not by any means been overlooked
but'I have found the procuring of reliable and detailed information on the subject
^The ordinary attitude of the Koweitis headed by Sheikh .Mubarak and
t 3 ^, • flatlv in spite of ev dent proofs to the contrary, that a
trad^edn-armVin wh^ch^K^weitTis concerned, exists at all, and this has been the
usual answer 1 have received to cautious enqumes m that direction.
4. The few people who are inclined to give any information have enabled
me to put the following facts together
1„S The trade in arms at Koweit dates from the time when Sheikh I
v ' Mubarak made himself Sheikh. Sheikh Muhammed, it is said, was |
afraid of the Turks and refused to allow anything of the kind.
m About half the imports to Koweit are carried in the British India
K Steamers more especially since the Belgians showed some activity
in capturing dhows laden with arms. Probably the average load
with each fortnightly steamer is 200 rides or say 5,000 rifles per
annum.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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