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File 619/1907 Pt 9 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf:- Military operations.' [45r] (85/94)
The record is made up of 1 volume (46 folios). It was created in 11 Mar 1911-13 Jun 1911. It was written in English. 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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DECYPHER OF TELEGRAM
FRO? ? — C—in—C r.ast Indios AT — Jask via Radiotclo^raphj
TO - The Secretary, Admiralty"
DATED - 13th April 1911,
No:- 6 4
Troops landed at Qalag to search two reported
Depots ifscgt of arms near Karkinder the principal village
of Karwan district and Sarahingi the property of Khair
Khalifa Mahomet, Marinos from the ’Highflyer 1 accompan
ied the column. Troops will probably bo re-embarked
15 April and will then proceed to Biyaban Coast* I shall
proceed 13 April in ’Highflyer 1 from Galag to Jask and
Bushire in order to consult
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.
Persian
Gulf on present situation^ Propose subsequently
to visit Fao and Koweit,
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The correspondence discusses military operations which took place on the Mekran [Makran] and Shibkah coasts to suppress the illicit trafficking of arms there.
The operations included naval vessels landing troops who were instructed to cut off raiding parties who had succeeded in illegally landing arms, or who intended to cause damage to telegraph wires in the area (to prevent smuggling efforts from being reported to British and other authorities).
The correspondence is primarily between 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. (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the Secretary of State for India (Robert Crew-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey).
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- 1 volume (46 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 3, and terminates at f 49, as part of a larger physical volume; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/115/4
- Title
- File 619/1907 Pt 9 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf:- Military operations.'
- Pages
- 3r:29v, 30v:49v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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