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File 2869/1906 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. Correspondence (1908-9)' [17r] (42/554)
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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13
Our man heard nothing about the stock
of ammunition being short last year.
All the Afghans appear to have taken their
full complement, but one d'.ow-load of
ammunition was too late to catch the
caravan, and the Afghans told Barkat Khan
to keep the ammunition in payment of his
services instead of cash.
The most popular rifles with the Af
ghans are the M.-H.—especially the N. S. W.
rifles marked with a crown and known as
Tajdar rifle—and the *303 Martufl-
; Metford carbine, this is called by them the
‘ Dixon ’ rifle.
There is a very small demand for the
Mannlicher and Mauser rifles, presumably
on account of their unfamiliarity, the diffi
culty in quickly replacing ammunition,
and the absence of components and spare
parts.
The demand for the '303 magazine rifle
would be very large, only the merchants
cannot as yet procure them in large quan
tities. When our man especially asked
Malcolm to get some '303 rifles for him, he
said that he would try, but that he was not
hopeful.
The Arabs usually only buy the cheaper
kinds of rifles ; Sniders, Werndl and Gras
rifles are in demand with them.
The Baluchis prefer the cheap M.-H.
rifles marked “ Martini-Muscat/' made by
German firms. The people of Kirman
mostly buy the M.-H. rifles, but only a
small trade is done with them. Of their
last season’s sales (winter 1907-08), the
merchants estimate that § of the rifles
taken across the Gulf were for Afghanistan
and the
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
and J for
Persia and Makran.
Trade with Arabia- The Masqat merchants say that for
their regular business they have to depend
on the Arabs who come and buy all the
vear round. The Arabs usually buy in
small quantities at a time, but the total
trade is large. The Arabs take the rifles
to Dibai and Kuwait and Dalmah, and it
appears that they keep a stock of rifles,
brought from Masqat, for sale in thes®
14 LB.
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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)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/10/102
- Title
- File 2869/1906 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. Correspondence (1908-9)'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:50v, 53r:128v, 130r:210v, 212r:271v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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