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File 619/1907 Pt 6 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf - Searching of vessels in territorial waters of Trucial Chiefs. Position of Katr [Qatar].' [287r] (113/124)
The record is made up of 1 volume (61 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1910-15 Apr 1913. 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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44
Telegram, No. 1735 M., dated the 22nd October 1910.
From —The Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department,
»p 0 His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Cbief.
Government of India have received from Colonel Cox the two telegrams
following, e» 2 ., the first, dated 11th October Following telegram,
dated 11th October, from Consul at Bandar Abbas:— Begins. During pas
week serious disturbances have taken place in Bandar Abbas district and many
villages have been looted bv robbers from Bars including two within two m Les
of Bandar Abbas itself. Merchants yesterday demanded 1,500
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
monthly
from Director of Customs for the maintenance of 200 Tufangchis, the D ry
Begi, who is now here, supported the demand. The Director ^ P«dl,500
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, and is referring question of future grant to Tehran. A g d
of robbers with most of booty are 16 miles from here. ^nds. ihe secona,
dated 12th October -.—Begins. My telegram No. 949 of 11th. Foll °™ n ?
Consul, Bandar Abbas, dated 12th October -.-Begins. Please see ui .
diately preceding telegram. Bobbers have left neighbourhood. IBreotor ulti
mately evaded payment of 1,500
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
. Money was paid to Jamshedian t
be given to merchants against receipt of some of them. Yesterda.v y J
receipt, hut Jamshedian stated that subsequent instructions had Abbas
to refuse payment. Bn,Is. Improvement of the defences at Bandar Abbas
will be undertaken at once to meet the situation at that place. _
of recrudescence of disturbances, it is also proposed to warn the military
authorities at Jask that 30 rifles will be sent to Bandar Abbas from .1^.
In order to replace the troops sent from Jask at short notice, a simi c
ment will be held ready to proceed there from India. Do these arrangements
meet with Your Excellency’s concurrence.
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The correspondence, which 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 Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Spencer Harcourt Butler), the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade), and representatives of 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 Foreign Office, discusses efforts to cease the trafficking of arms in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Two matters in particular are discussed:
- the rights of British vessels to search other vessels within the territorial waters of the Trucial Chiefs. Questions discussed include whether the Trucial Chiefs' commitment to end illegal arms trafficking in 1902 extended to the British Government, and whether the existing permissions given by Trucial Chiefs to the British Government to patrol territorial waters would permit them to stop and search vessels;
- The position of Katr [Qatar] and a possible agreement between the British Government and the Chiefs of Katr, particularly the Bin Thani [Āl Thānī] family, to make the trafficking of arms illegal in Katr.
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- 1 volume (61 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 231, and terminates at f 292, 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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- File 619/1907 Pt 6 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf - Searching of vessels in territorial waters of Trucial Chiefs. Position of Katr [Qatar].'
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- 231r:292v
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