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File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.' [47r] (98/342)
The record is made up of 1 file (167 folios). It was created in 10 Feb 1911-20 Oct 1911. It was written in English 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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Aden Arms (Sea-traffic).
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(<?) provide for the renewal of any such license,
and its cancellation or suspension in the
case of any breach of the terms and con
ditions on and subject to which it is
granted;
(d) provide for ascertaining the quantity and
description of any arms on board any
native vessel ;
arms covered by any such license ;
(/) require the person holding or acting under any
such license to produce the same, and to
produce or account for the arms covered
by the same when called upon by an
officer of Government so to do ; and
(g) provide for the deposit and custody on shore
of any arms covered by any such license,
while the vessel is in port.
(3) In making any rule under this section, the
Resident may direct that a breach of it shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to one month, or with fine which may extend
to three hundred
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, or with both.
(4) All rules under this section shall be published
locally in such manner as the Resident, subject to
the control of the Governor of Bombay in Council,
may direct.
Explanation. —Eor the purposes of this section,
native vessel ” means a vessel fulfilling one of the
two following conditions, namely :—
(a) it must present the outward appearance
native build or rig ; or
(b) it must be manned by a crew of whom the
master and the majority of the seamen
belong by origin to a country having a
sea-coast on the Indian Ocean, the Red
Sea or the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
13. Subject to the control of the Governor of Exemption.
Bombay
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The file concerns arms traffic by sea into Yemen in the course of the rebellion there against Turkish rule.
The principal correspondents are senior officials of the Foreign Office, the 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. , and the Admiralty; the Viceroy of India (Lord Hardinge); and diplomatic representatives of the Governments of the Ottoman Empire (also referred to as Turkey), France and Italy.
The papers cover: diplomatic exchanges between the governments involved following a request by the Turkish Government to halt the illicit import of arms into Yemen by sea; discussion of the response of the British, French and Italian Governments to the possible seizure by the Turkish authorities of vessels (sambuks, dhows) under the protection of those Governments; the use of British, French and Italian naval vessels to patrol the area; the right of the Ottoman authorities to seize British vessels in the Red Sea; and discussions over an agreement between the four Governments to suppress arms traffic.
Correspondence from the Turkish and French Governments is in French.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (167 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order (except where enclosures of an earlier date follow their relevant covering letter) from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 520 (Arms Traffic in the Yemen) consists of one volume only.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 169. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/193
- Title
- File 520/1911 'Arabia:- Arms Traffic in the Yemen.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:19v, 21r:24v, 26r:30v, 33r:39v, 41r:81v, 85r:86v, 89r:103v, 106r:106v, 109r:109v, 121r:136v, 141r:153v, 155r:165v, 167r:168v, 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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