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File 2869/1906 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. (correspondence 1906-7)' [6r] (16/576)
The record is made up of 1 volume (284 folios). It was created in 1906-1907. 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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From
Tlie Assistant Secretary to the Goveamment of Indie
in the Foreign Department,
jfiajor H* L* Ktnnion,
His Britannic i.\aajesty's Consul for Seisten and Kain«
I am directed to aeicnowledge the receipt of your
letter Ho* 443-c*, dated the 19th September 1907, reporting
the routes followed by arms smugglers in Persia, and submit
ting proposals for the suppression of the arms traffic*
are unable to consider at present the scheme suggested by you
for action by means of a joint Indo Persian force.
3* The Government of India have however recently sanctioned
measures for the patrol of the portion of the Persian Coast
from Jask eastwards within which consignments of arms are
landed, and in this connection I am to invite a reference to
the enclosures to the endorsements from the Government of
India in the Foreign Department to you Hos. 4027-E.A., dated
the 14th October 1907, and 4483-E.A., dated the 15th Hovember
1907* Pending experience of these measures the Government
of India propose to postpone consideration of your further
suggestion for posting Agents at Basman and Khwash (Waaht) in
six order to obtain information regarding the collection of lx,
transport for the conveyance of consignments of arms from
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
inland*
T
Dated Fort William, the °\ * December 1907
Sir
2* In reply I am to inform you that the Government of India
I have, etc*.
(Sd) E. S. Holland,
iuasistant Secretary to the Government of India.
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The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly by British Consular officers, reporting on the arms traffic along the Mekran coast and Baluchistan. Their correspondence contains numerous reports, such as that discussing the illicit traffic of arms. Correspondents include Sir Harold Arthur Deane, Chief Commissioner of the North West Frontier Province; Major Frank Cooke Webb Ware and Captain McConaghey.
The volume includes a number of maps including 'Plan to illustrate the routes available for the arms trade through the Persian Mekran coast' (folio 164).
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (284 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2869 (Arms Traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/101-102. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 280; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/101
- Title
- File 2869/1906 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. (correspondence 1906-7)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:79v, 80v:285v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence