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File 2869/1906 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. Correspondence (1908-9)' [‎11v] (31/554)

The record is made up of 1 volume (286 folios). It was created in 1908-1909. 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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they will borrow at interest from their
friends and relations.
This is also the procedure of the Adam
Khel Afridis. Like the Ghilzais, they will
also take interest on loans.*
Some of the Adam Khel who went
this year had practically no money of their
own. They agreed to pay the lenders from
one-third to half of their profits.
In addition to the above-mentioned
capitalists a few poor individuals follow m
the train of the bigger merchants. The
merchants engage them as camel-drivers
and pay them Rs. 2 per camel they are m
charge of. One man can manage from
six to eight camels. The merchant allows
him to take his wages in rifles at Masqat
rates, so on arrival at Kabul he may find
himself the possessor of three Martini rifles.
Our men could hear nothing of the Amir
or Nasrulla personally, or -of the State,
having commissioned the traders to buy
rifles for them; neither did they hear of the
Amir having purchased rifles from the
traders last year.
There was a report at Jashk that the
Amir had given Nurakai permission to im
port 100,000 rifles this season.
1. The principal tribes that are engaged in
the arms trade are —
Sulaiman Khel,
Kharoti,
Nasir,
Taraki,
Andar,
also Mahi
. Ghilzais,
Nasero and Murad
Ghilzais
are men-
and also Mahi Khel,
Khel Sub-sections of
tioned.
Wardaks.
Adam Khel Afridis.
2. From all the reports our men heard and
from their conversations with Afghan arms
traders it appears that an insignificant pro
portion of the traders reach the Gulf ports
overland. Nearly all come by sea from
Bombay and Karachi. They appear all to
go by steamer, and no case was heard of
in which the traders had gone up the Gulf
*In former reports I have mentioned that
Malik Feroz, Aman Khel, of Kohat Pass,
finances many of the ‘ Pass ’ Adam Khel.
Amir and arms trade-
Tribes engaged in trade.
Method of procedure-

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The correspondence discusses the arms traffic on the Mekran coast and Baluchistan.

The volume includes reports on the importation of arms from Muscat and measures taken by the British to curtail the trade. The reports were authored by the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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1 volume (286 folios)
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The subject 2869 (Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/101-2. The volumes are divided into two parts with each part comprising one volume.

The explanation of the cover sheet/divider at the front of each volume (regarding the correspondence series numbers which have been put together to form the volumes) will be given in the scope and content.

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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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 271; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 69-80 and between ff 221-238; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves.

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File 2869/1906 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. Correspondence (1908-9)' [‎11v] (31/554), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/102, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100028711112.0x000020> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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