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File 2869/1906 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. Correspondence (1908-9)' [‎31r] (70/554)

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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Routes taken by Afghans to the Gulf.
Money, how raised-
Participation of Amir-
REPORT OF SECRET AGENT “E”
Afghan Arms trade in the Gulf.
1 . By far the larger number of traders
reach the Gulf ports by sea from Karachi
and Bombay.
Of the Afghan traders nearly all are
Ghilzais of the Kharoti, Nasir, Sulaiman
Khel sections and some of the Niazi
tribe. These men are traders by profes
sion and have taken to gun-running as
the most profitable line of business. Many
of these men have traded regularly with
Bandar Abbas for many years, there be
ing an export of cctton, wool, etc., from
Afghanistan to that port. Now that they
have taken to the arms trade these men
send their camels and servants overland
to Bandar Abbas loaded with ordinary
merchandise, while they themselves go
round by sea. They rejoin their camels
at Bandar Abbas, and bring them down
the coast to the ports where rifles are dis
embarked. However, the majority of
Afghan arms traders inake no overland
arrangements. They book from Karachi
and rely upon being able to buy camels at
Bandar Abbas. Good Herat! camels are
sold at from Rs. 250—350—Kabuli.
The Adam Khel and other frontier
tribes all buy their camels at Bandar Abbes.
2. The Ghilzais take most of their money
in notes. They combine among them
selves to collect their capital, and they also
borrow from their own people at interest.
None of the men he was associated
with had borrowed from Hindus in Bri
tish Territory, and the same applies to
Adam Khel.
3. Influential men and merchants of
standing can borrow from the Amir. He
does not take interest, but he requires
them to collect a considerable party of
men to trade, and he also lays down in
what district he wants them to sell the
rifles. For instance, Aupo and Muhammati.
Jan, Nasirs, were lent Rs. 50,000 (Kabuli)
by the Amir, and they are to sell in Herat
and Afghan Turkistan. Last year Shah

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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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