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File 2869/1906 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. (correspondence 1906-7)' [‎7r] (18/576)

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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11 v I
prom—'-Major R. L. Xennion
Telegram. P.
Hie Britannic Majesty^ Consul for Seistan and K&in
To———The Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign Department, Simla.
H0.486-C.
Dated Seistan 27th.
via Rohat 30th.
Received the 31st October 1907.
Arms traffic. Following telegram has been received from His
Britannic Majesty’s Charge d*Affaires, Tehran.
"Ho.lOl, dated 21st October. Please see your despatch Ho.443-0.^
Apart from the practical difficulties of the proposals and the
improbability of efficacious co-operation by Persia, the political
considerations are at present against the adoption of the scheme
which would be certain to be misrepresented here. Please see
however last sentence of para 11 of your despatch. Agents might
be kept at Bazman and Xhawash and news might thus be obtained of
transport likely to be used for this purpose going Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Such news might be telegraphed to the Haval authorities in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Please repeat to Government of India if you agree
with the above suggestion”•
In any case the appointment of agents at Bazm&n and Ehawash
would I think be an advisable step.
Repeated to Sir H. McMahon.

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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.

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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.

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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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