File 2869/1906 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. (correspondence 1906-7)' [34r] (72/576)
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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To
7 he 3ecreu*ry to tne "overnnent of India
in tne Foreign Department, Dirala
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Dated tne ^Ctn Octoner 1907
Deceived 27tn October 190?
Following aent to
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. Begins. Arras traffic.
No Afghans .iave as yet arrived at ?.!asXat but as
the present export of arras by Baluchis to tne fie bran
cost continues to average weeKly ^00 rii les I suggest
the advisability of commencing work as soon as possible
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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