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File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.' [130v] (265/424)
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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40
70. The views of the Government of India as to (1) passes, and (2)
the proposed communication to the
Lord Morley’s telegram of 21st March g u ltan were approved by His Majesty’s
L0 ' 3097/10 Government on the 21st March 1910.
As regards the proposed wdreless in
stallations, the Government of India were instructed to telegraph the
estimated cost before taking any action.
1910.
As regards France, the Government of India were informed that the
“ French Consul’s action in facilitating purchase of
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
for arms traffic
“ will now be made ground of strong representation to French Government,
“ who will be urged to assist His Majesty’s Government by permitting Sultan
“ to prohibit import for one year, and our ships to search French dhows
“ during that period, just as we are assisting French in preventing arms
“ traffic with Morocco. This should not cause any abatement of rigour of
blockade, but it must be borne in mind that we have no right even to
“ touch French dhows except in British waters.”
The Government of India were also instructed, with reference to orders
recently issued by the Naval Commander-in-Chief as to searching dhows
Hying the French flag, to remind the Admiral that “ the orders of 1867 ”
(relative to merchant ships suspected of fraudulently using the French
colours) “ only permit of stopping of dhows flying French flag where there
is presumption that she is wrongfully flying it.” [It should be added that
subsequently, in a letter dated the 15th April 1910 (3238/10), the Foreign
Office pointed out that the orders of 1867 related solely to slave trade
operations, and were not applicable to the case of vessels engaged in the
arms traffic. The Government of India were instructed (18th April 1910) to
warn the Admiral accordingly.]
The Government of India were, however, authorised, if they thought it
practicable, to act on a suggestion made in a letter dated 24th February 1910
from 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.
to the Foreign Office, viz. to urge the Sheikhs of
Xoweit, Bahrein and Mohammerah, and the Trucial Chiefs, to seize any
consignments of arms landed in their respective territories (whether by
dhows flying the French flag or otherwise), and to hand them over to the
British authorities, “ His Majesty’s Government undertaking to support the
“ Sheikhs and Chiefs in case of any unpleasantness with the French, and, if
“ necessary, to give compensation for the arms, or to restore them ultimately
“ to the local rulers, when assured that there is no risk of their merely
“ passing into the hands of the dealers.”
Memorandum to French Government.
Proposal to prohibit imports at
Muskat for one year.
SirE. Grey to Sir F. Bertie, dated 30tli
March 1910.
3164/10.
1. Ihe proposed representations to the French Government were
embodied in a Memorandum, which was
sent to the British Ambassador at Paris
on the 30th March 1910, for communi
cation to the French Minister for
Foreign Affairs. This Memorandum,
after setting out in some detail the
history of the arms traffic in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, laid stress upon the serious
situation which had been created in Southern Persia, and still more in
Afghanistan and on the North West frontier of India, by the wholesale
supply to the tribesmen of modern arms and ammunition. “No Govern
ment,” the Memorandum proceeded, “ can tolerate or be expected to
“ tolerate a situation such as this, or passively to watch the growth of a
“ trade which threatens to subvert the order and well-being which that
“ Government is bound to uphold; a trade, moreover, which only exists
“ to-day in defiance of the wishes openly proclaimed of the Rulers of Muskat
“ and of the neighbouring States, owing to the chance wording of a Treaty
over sixty years old, drawn up at a time when the traffic in arms had not
been foreseen and did not exist even in the imagination of the framers of
“ the treaty, though had it done so, the whole history of international
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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)
- 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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- File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:184v, 185v:209v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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