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File 619/1907 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic:- Muscat dhows. "Kadra" case.' [5v] (19/804)
The record is made up of 1 volume (398 folios). It was created in 9 Feb 1909-22 Dec 1911. It was written in English, Italian and French. 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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No. 42,236.
Enclosure No. 2.
Foreign Office to
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.
.
Foreign Office,
3rd Novembe'r 1911.
With reference to your letter of the 15th September last,
regarding the incidence of the expenditure in connection with the
settlement of the case of the Muscat
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
Khadra, seized by the Italian
authorities towards the close of 1908, at Hafun, I am directed by
Secretary Sir E. Grey to state, for the information of the Marquess of
Crewe, that he has laid the matter before the Lords Commissioners of
His Majesty’s Treasury.
In reply their Lordships state that they have given their careful
consideration to the proposal of the Secretary of State for India that
half the expenses incurred, viz., one hundred ^md fifty-six pounds and
eightpence, should be borne by the British Exchequer, but that, after a
review of all the circumstances, and having regard to the close
political and commercial relations between India and Muscat, their
Lordships have come to the conclusion that the charge is not one which
can properly be admitted by this country.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State M . Laxgley.
for India.
Enclosure No. 3.
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.
to Foreign Office.
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.
,
29th November 1911.
1 am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 42,236, dated the 3rd November
1911, intimating the conclusion of the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty’s Treasury that the charges incurred in the settlement of the
case of the Muscat
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
Khadra cannot properly be divided with
the British Exchequer.
In reply I am to inform you that, in view of the circumstances that
Indian revenues at present bear the whole diplomatic and consular
charges in connection with Muscat, and that the expenditure now in
question is relatively of small amount, the Secretary of State in Council
will not further press his view as to the apportionment of the charges.
He desires, however, to make it clear that his action is taken without
prejudice in any way to his right to raise at some future time the
question whether the general charges at Muscat should not be borne
equally between British and Indian revenues, as is the case with similar
expenditure in Persia and Koweit, and with certain charges connected
with Bahrein.
I am, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State, H. Ritchie.
Foreign Office.
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The volume discusses an alleged arms trafficking incident which occurred in December 1908. The El Khadra , a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. owned by Mubarak bin Khamis, a subject of Muscat, was seized by Italian authorities off the coast of Ras Hafun [Raas Xaafuun] on charges of arms trafficking.
The volume includes the negotiations between the British and Italian Governments to find an acceptable resolution to the situation. A settlement was reached and the boat returned to its owner in July 1911.
The principal correspondents in the volume include 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. and Consul at Muscat (Robert Erskine Holland, and Arthur Prescott Trevor); 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 Zachariah Cox); the Viceroy of India (Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto); the Italian Agent at Muscat (Umberto Omar); the Italian Vice-Consul at Aden (Renato Piacentini); the British Ambassador to the Court of Italy (Sir James Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell); the Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and India (Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); and the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Tommaso Tittoni, Guido Fusinato, and Antonino Paternò-Castello, marchese di San Giuliano).
This is part 2 of 10. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (398 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 619 (Arms Traffic) consists of 7 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/110-116. The volumes are divided into 10 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6, 7, 8, and 9 comprising the sixth volume and part 10 comprising the seventh volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 398; 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 front cover, along with one leading flyleaf, has not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 619/1907 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic:- Muscat dhows. "Kadra" case.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:17v, 19r:31v, 33r:36v, 38r:61v, 64r:82v, 84r:95r, 96v, 97v:121v, 127r:180v, 188r:189v, 191r:211v, 215r:215v, 217r:270r, 271r:278v, 280r:283v, 286r:293v, 295v:296v, 298r:300v, 302v:304v, 308r:320v, 326r:328r, 329v:332v, 333v:336v, 337v, 339v:363v, 366r:370r, 372r:378v, 381r:394r, 395v, 396v:397v, back-i
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