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File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.' [‎134r] (272/424)

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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Note from Mr. C. Hardmge, British Minister at Tehran, to the Persian
Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated llth December 1897.
Her Majesty’s Government have information that large quantities of arms
and ammunition are being exported from Great Britain to the southern ports
of Persia and also to Muskat and Bahrein, from which places they are
smuggled across into Persia. J
Her Majesty’s Government have reason to believe that a considerable
portion of these consignments find their way into Afghanistan, and
eventually reach the tribes on the North-west Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. of India.
The importation of arms into Persia being 'strictly prohibited, this traffic
is illegal, and as contiaij to 1 ersian as it is to British interests.
I have therefore received instructions from the Marquess of Salisbury to
enquire of Your Excellency whether, with a view to stopping this illicit
traffic, the Persian Government will allow Her Majesty’s ships of war to
seize and hand ovei to the I ersian authorities for confiscation all cargoes of
arms and ammunition owned by British or Persian subjects which may be
found in Persian waters destined for importation into Persia. In the event
of the importation of arms and ammunition for the use of the Persian
Government a notification to Her Majesty’s Legation would be sufficient to
prevent seizure by Her Majesty’s ships.
I am also instructed to enquire of the Persian Government whether they
will join Her Majesty’s Government in requesting the Sultan of Muskat to
issue a notice warning his subjects and others residing in Muskat from
exporting arms and ammunition to Persia or British India, as the importation
of such merchandise into those countries is strictly prohibited, and asking
that British ships of war may be permitted to take action in the waters o^f
Muskat for preventing such traffic by the subjects of Great Britain, Persia,
and Muskat.
I shall be much obliged if Your Excellency will favour me with an early
reply for communication to Her Majesty’s Government.
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Note from the Sadr-i-Azam to Mr. G. Hardinge i British Minister at Tehran,
dated 18th December 1897.
Your letter on the prevention of the importation of arms and ammunition,
written in accordance with instructions from Lord Salisbury, has been
received and submitted to the appreciation of His Majesty the Shah. The
opinion of the British Government that the importation of arms and
ammunition into Persia should be strictly prohibited, is shared by the
Persian Government. This Government has always sought to prevent the
arming of the tribesmen as well as the inhabitants of the towns and
frontiers.
Since, in this matter, the opinions of the two Governments are in unison,
and as the measures to be taken are in many respects similar, the Govern
ment is prepared with the most perfect unanimity to meet the views of Her
Britannic Majesty’s Legation ; further, the wishes of Her Majesty’s Govern
ment, viz., that in addition to such measures as may be taken by Persian
officials, Her Majesty’s ships should examine and search all merchant vessels
trading in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and confiscate and hand over to the Persian
Government all prohibited arms found on board, are approved by His
Imperial Majesty the Shah. Should arms or ammunition be purchased to
the order of the Persian Government, information of such purchases will be
given to Her Britannic Majesty’s Legation, so that such arms may be beyond
the effects of the prohibition.

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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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