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File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.' [‎111r] (226/424)

The record is made up of 1 volume (210 folios). It was created in 20 Apr 1908-24 Sep 1915. 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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THE ARMS TRAPEIC IN THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I—Summary of Early History (paragraphs 1-16) ...
IL —The Situation in 1907 (paragraphs 17-30) - - - -
Trents in 1907-09; the Brussels Arms Conference, 1908-09 (paragraphs
31-39) ______
• Ea ents subsequent to Brussels Conference: Naval Blockade Operations (para
graphs 40-78)
Appendices - ......
Index - . _
Page.
1
18
24
45
59
I.
Summary of Early History.
1. The trade in modern arms and ammunition in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. seems
first to have attracted the attention of the Government of India during the
Afghan war of 1879-80, and in the year 1880 the first restrictive measures
were taken, the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. being instructed to abstain from
granting licenses for the export of heavy consignments of arms and
ammunition to Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports and to watch carefully the import of such
articles at Karachi and on the coast to the westward.
2. In 1881 the Persian Government, who seem to have realised that the
trade might have dangerous consequences for themselves, issued a Decree
that “ no arms or munitions of war, such as guns, caps, gunpowder, &c., should
“ enter Persian territory without the permission of the Great Government.” In
announcing the issue of this Decree to the British Legation, the Persian
Minister for Foreign Affairs wrote as
Persian Decree, 1881. follows on the 3rd July 1881 : “ Since the
J ^Thcmscm to Lord Granville, 12th “ r ig}jp 0 f purchasing arms and intro-
u ^ ' “ ducing the same into Persia belongs to
“ the Persian Government, who exercise it through their own specially appointed
“ officials, and if this absolute right were not exclusively confined to the
“ Government, and everybody who thought fit to do so were allowed to
“ purchase such articles and introduce them into the country, this great
“ governmental privilege would become obsolete, and considerable evils
would result to the State. Therefore His Majesty the Shah has issued
“ orders that no one shall import arms of any description whatsoever into
“ this country from abroad, and any person in whose possession arms
“ of foreign make are found will be liable to have them confiscated by
“ Government.”
3. By a Proclamation dated the 3rd March 1891, the Sultan of Muskat
Gwadur Prohibition, 1891. prohibited the import and export of
(Appendix IY.) arms and ammunition at Gwadur, His
960/98. Highness’ dependency on the Mekran
coast.The traffic thus became illegal along the whole littoral from the head
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the British border.
* This prohibition was apparently inconsistent with the Sultan’s obligations under his
commercial treaties (see paragraph 9 and footnote). But its propriety has never been challenged
by any foreign Power.
S. 16.

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The correspondence discusses the award of prize money to the officers and crews of British Naval vessels that had seized dhows containing arms and ammunition in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The correspondence discusses the values to be assigned to different types of arms and ammunition, and the decision by the Government of India to make a grant to the Admiralty from the Indian Revenues to cover the prize money owed for seizures from November 1910 to November 1912.

The principal correspondents include the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (H W [Herbert William?] James, Allen Thomas Hunt, and James Charles Tancred); the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (George John Scott Warrender, Edmond John Warre Slade, Alexander Edward Bethell, and Richard Henry Peirse); 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 Secretary of State for India (John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, and Robert Crew-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); the Secretary to the Foreign Department of the Government of India (Spencer Harcourt Butler, Arthur Henry McMahon); the Secretary to the Marine Department of the Government of India (Ernest William Stuart King Maconchy, and William Riddell Bird); 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 (Robert Erskine Holland, Stuart George Knox); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); and representatives of the Admiralty, the Foreign Office and 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. .

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 (210 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 210; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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