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'Selection from Correspondence Relative to the Traffic in Arms in the Persian Gulf, 1897-98. Part I' [‎9r] (17/54)

The record is made up of 1 file (27 folios). It was created in 28 Apr 1898. 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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Enclosure in Foreign Office Letter of 23rd December 1897.
From Mr. Hardinge, Tehran, to Foreign Office, dated
22nd December 1897.
(Telegraphic.)
No. 92. Your Lordship’s Telegram No. 42. Point No. 1. Persian Political
Goyernment have no agent at Muscat and wish their representation to be No - 2444 / 97 »
made through British Resident.
No. 2. Questions requiring adjudication where British subjects are
concerned would be tried in the British Consul General’s Court at Bushire.
No. 3. The confiscated arms should in my opinion be brought to British
Consulate-General at Bushire or British Rpsidenoy in Muscat and distributed
to Governments concerned according to destination mentioned in invoice.
No. 4. In my note to Persian Government I inserted provision that in
the event of the Persian Government wishing to import arms, a notification
should be made to Her Majesty’s Legation. To this the Persian Government
have assented. Similarly a notification will be made by Government when
a Persian notable requires admission of a rifle or cartridges for sporting
purposes. British officers will have to ask permission as at present through
Her Majesty’s Legation.
No. 5 . Sadr Azam has given me most emphatic assurance that Persian
Government will maintain seizure and confiscation in eventuality mentioned.
{See also No. 32.)
No. 11.
Enclosure in Foreign Office Letter of 24th December 1897.
From Mr. Hardinge, Tehran, to Foreign Office, dated
24th December 1897.
(Telegraphic.)
No. 97. My Telegram No. 83. Seizures of arms actually at Bushire now Political
completed. More than 5,000 rifles and over 1,000,000 rounds have been No * 2454/97.
seized and confiscated by Persian authorities with assistance of British
Consulate-General. It is rumoured that “Tresco” has already landed cargo
of arms at Muscat.
No. 12.
Enclosure in Admiralty Letter to Foreign Office of 23rd December 1897
(in Foreign Office Letter of 29th December 1897).
Draft of Telegram to Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.
Important. Her Majesty’s Government is co-operating with Persian Political
Government to prevent importation of arms and ammunition into Muscat No - 2463/97.
and Persian Ports, such articles being by this means conveyed to the tribes
on the North-Western frontier of India. On the requisition of Her Majesty s
Charge d’Affaires at Teheran, Commanding Officers of Her Majesty’s ships
are to seize in Persian waters any cargoes of arms and ammunition belonging
to British or Persian subjects intended for importation into Persia, and to
hand them over to the Persian Authorities for confiscation. Make necessary

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This file contains a selection of correspondence and enclosures compiled by 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. Political and Secret Department relating to arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from 1897-98.

Correspondents include: 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. , the Foreign Office, the Marquess of Salisbury, the Secretary of State for India, the Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran, the Admiralty, the Viceroy of India, the Government of India, 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. , the Sultan of Muscat, and various British merchant companies.

The following topics are discussed:

  • measures for the control of trade in arms and ammunition with Muscat;
  • the power of the Crown to prohibit the export of arms and to stop the importation by British subjects or in British vessels;
  • the Customs Consolidation Act and other treaties with Muscat;
  • treaty engagements of Bahrein;
  • the search and seizure of shipments at Muscat and Bushire including the SS Tripoli , and SS Baluchistan ;
  • the registration of arms;
  • grievances of British merchants over loss of trade.

It contains three short treaty extracts in French.

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1 file (27 folios)
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This file consists of a single document with re-printed correspondence arranged in chronological order.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 27, it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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English and French in Latin script
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