'File 13/6 Arms Traffic General' [‎28r] (55/496)

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The file contains correspondence, telegrams, statements and notes regarding incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling incidents in Kuwait.

The file includes:

• accounts from the Commander of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division regarding rifles carried by pearling dhows;
• request for all vessels leaving the port of Kuwait to be provided with a permission to carry arms, countersigned by the local rulers and 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. (several copies of the form in Arabic on folios 15-20);
• correspondence on weapons owned by Ibn Saud and confiscated near Sharjah;
• smuggling of American rifles in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
• arrest and deportation of an arms smuggler from Muscat;
• the establishment of a role of Informer at Kuwait, to update the Intelligence Officer for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and extracts from the Intelligence Officer's Arms Traffic Diary;
• price list for French arms for sale at Muscat.

The principal correspondents are: British India Steam Navigation Company, the Amir of Nejd, Abdul Aziz bin Saud (Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal); the Rulers of Kuwait: Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ) and his successor, Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak Al Sabah; the Foreign Office; the Commander of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division; 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 Cox; 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. at Muscat; the Political Agents in Kuwait, Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, followed by William George Grey.

There are letters in Arabic within the file, mostly with English translation.

Extent and format

1 file (246 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 248; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-247; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence between ff 1-82, which was also written in pencil and circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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