File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.' [126v] (257/424)
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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effectively without reducing troops but without employing transport
ship which is very costly. As regards disposal of arms, please see
telegram from Secretary of State of 1st January (paragraph Oo). I lease
arrange to destroy arms and ammunition captured on ‘ Khairi.’
McMahon has ordered Mekran levies to co-operate with navy, and
warned tribes on British Baluchistan coast. As regards rumour of
reported impending attacks on Chahbar, Government of India must leave
it to local naval authorities in communication with officer commanding
troops on the spot to take necessary action, but raids inland should be
limited to purpose of seizing arms stored in villages. Afghans
should not be attacked unless they are engaged in removing arms
or actually threatening Jask or Chahbar. The whole position must
be reviewed in April owing to pressure of financial situation, and
Government of India are confident that Your Excellency will exercise
every economy compatible with efficiency.”
The employment of a transport was subsequently sanctioned, R.I.M.
“ Hardinge ” being used for the purpose. R.I.M. “Minto” was detailed for
service as Depot ship.
Attitude of Persian Government.
Sir G. Barclay to Sir E. Grey, 29th
January 1910.
2914/10.
55. As regards Persia, Sir G. Barclay, the British Minister at Tehran
telegraphed on the 29th January 1910,
with reference to a successful raid on an
arms depot in the Jask hinterland (see
paragranh 57), which had just been
reported by the naval authorities, that he
presumed that the treatment prescribed in the Agreement of 1897 (see para
graph 7 and Appendix V.) in respect of arms seized in Persian waters “ should
apply a fortiori to arms seized on Persian soil.” He pointed out that the
Persian Government would doubtless lose no time in presenting a claim for
compensation in respect of the recent captures, and submitted that if the
Government of India were not prepared to pay, in future cases orders
Tr . , . , 1T , . ,„ should be given that “arms captured
Viceroys telegram 1st February 1910. T -, . ° n -i -i n -i i i ,
on Persian soil should be held at the
disposal of the Persian Government.”
The Government of India demurred altogether to Sir G. Barclay’s proposal^
pointing out that—
“It is owing to impotence of Persian Government that Afghan gun
runners have threatened our telegraph stations and fired on our boats,
and that we have been forced to undertake very expensive measures.
Persian Government have no officer on Mekran coast to whom arms
could be safely entrusted, and could not reasonably expect us to
transport the contraband to Bunder Abbas or Bushire. ' It seems to us
that there is a very strong case against compensation, and we could
put in many counter claims.”
56. The Viceroy was informed on the 8th February that instructions had
T , cut t been sent to Sir G. Barclay to replv in
1910 j o > ^ ti ie sense tPe above remarks, if the
2938/10. Persian Government raised the question.
“ Meanwhile, except where clearly
^ necessary for sake of public example, arms captured on high seas should
not be destioyed but kept m order that there may be a stock from which
I ersiaii Government can be compensated if they press claim difficult to
i esist. Such arms, it was added, would be useful to the Persian Govern
ment, if effect were given to the scheme for organising road guards in
Southern Persia.
o i . I he na\ al authorities lost no time in giving effect to the Government of
India’s orders of the 11th January 1910
(see paragraph 54), and the blockade
was put into operation without deiay.
Captures of Arms, January—May
1910 .
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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.
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- 1 volume (210 folios)
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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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