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File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.' [199r] (402/424)
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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M Hyacinth” at Maskat,
Slst, April 1H0B.
No*. 405/14:.
Sir,
Bo pleased to lay before the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty the accompanying proceedings of T| .w.s.
"Proserpine" in the suppression of the Arras Traffic.
o # x an satisfied that Commander Janes acted with
discretion in examining the Dhows near Bunji, and that
Lieutenant M.B.Paiilie Hani It on and his nen acted with
connendabla coolness when taken by surprise.
8 . T have taken the nhow captured on the 18th instant
to iiaskat, where she renoins in charge of the British
Consular Authority until directions are received by him for
her disposal. The Prisoners will he conveyed to Pushire
for transfer to the Persian Authorities, and the captured
a.rns and annunition remain on hoard H.U.S. -Proserpine",
pending decision as to their disposal.
4. As the Afghans are reported to have assumed a
threatening mV** * "» W<*l. s, » u ™ *
Jnsk. in wnsenuence nf the wlnm <* «• 1
ii 4 .^ Mcr^nes under the commend
deemed it advisable to land fort} ( mc,r..n«b
^ omit prd p Maxim Gun's Crew in
of Major Noel Smith, P.K.L. . } R ■*
ohar , e of Rvih Lieutenant Arthur R.n.Wright of H.U.8.
for the protection of the Station, but, as T an
unabie to leave then ashore for any length of tine, T have
red for re-in forcenent of the Telegraph Guard by 60
Sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
under B British Officer, and have requested that they nay be
Bent without delay.
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the Government of India.
Secretary
f the Admiralty.
I have, etc...-
G.Warrender
^ ^ ' Commodore,
in Chief
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/116
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- File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.'
- Pages
- 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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