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Coll 7/32 'Persian Gulf: supply of arms and ammunition to the Shaikh of Qatar' [‎56v] (112/167)

The record is made up of 1 file (82 folios). It was created in 9 May 1935-28 Aug 1939. 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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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING UP THIS FORM.
NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY INVOLVE DELAY.
1. Applicants for export licences are requested in their own interests to fill up the form fully and
correctly, and to give as long a notice as possible of their desire to export. Applications should not, however,
be made more than two months before the proposed date of shipment.
2. All the requisite particulars as to the goods to which the application relates should be given on the
form itself except as provided for at 4 (b), and not on a separate sheet or covering letter, and separate
applications should be made for specific licences to export different classes of goods.
3. REFERENCE NUMBERS.— For convenience of reference, applicants are recommended to date
and number their applications on the lines provided on page 1, and to quote this date and number in any
further communication (as well as the Official reference number, if known). Further communications can be
dealt with more expeditiously if they relate to one application only.
4. RULES TO BE OBSERVED AS REGARDS PARAGRAPH {g) Page 1In order
to avoid delay the following ndes should be carefully observed :
(а) Not more than one item should appear on each line provided in the table.
(б) Where the number of items exceeds twelve lines three copies of a schedule, giving the requisite
particulars should be furnished instead of including them in the table.
(c) The information required under each heading should be given as accurately as possible.
"(d) Quantities and values must be given in British denominations. It is not enough to indicate
quantities by vague terms such as “ cases,” “ barrels,” bags, etc.
5. GOODS IN PROHIBITED LIST.—A list of exjwit prohibited goods is published quarterly in
the Board of Trade Journal.
6. PARCEL POST.— Where the goods are to be despatched by Parcel Post from the provinces they
must be posted at the nearest Head Post Office. In London a Branch Post Office or a District Office may be
used. (The Branch Offices are indicated in the Postal Guide by the letters B.O.)
7. RESPONSIBILITY OF EXPORTER .—Attention is called to the fact that where a licence is
granted for the export of prohibited or restricted goods the- licence does not relieve the owner of the goods or
the consignor or other person to whom the licence is granted from any responsibility to which he may be
subject for any breach of law or regulations.
8. SIGNATURE OF FORM.—The declaration on page 1 must be signed by a person
domiciled in the United Kingdom, otherwise the application cannot be accepted. Subject as hereinafter
mentioned, applications will not be considered unless they bear the signature of the applicant, or, in the case of
a firm, the signature of the partner, or, in the case of a company, the signature of a director or the secretary
the status of the signatory should be indicated.
In exceptional circumstances applications may l>e otherwise signed if reasons which are regarded as
adequate are submitted, in writing, to the Imports and Exports Licensing Section, and full responsibility is
accepted for the person whose signature is allowed. In such cases the Imports and Exports Licensing Section
number of the approval must be quoted in thp space provided on page 1.
Applications must always be made by the merchant, manufacturer, or other person who is directly
interested as consignor in the export and not by a forwarding agent or other person on behalf of the actual
exporter. For this purpose the Consignor is the person or firm who accepts an order from abroad, although he
may not be the actual manufacturer or supplier of the goods.
All applications should be addressed to :—
The Director, Imports and Exports Licensing Section, Board of Irade, Great George Street,
Westminster, S.W. 1.

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Correspondence regarding requests from the Shaikh of Qatar ('Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī) to import arms and ammunition, under the terms of his 1916 treaty with Britain.

The correspondence documents attempts to convince the Shaikh to purchase British-manufactured arms and ammunition, on the grounds that, should an emergency situation arise, the Government of India would be in a better position to fulfil Qatari demands for ammunition and spare parts. The correspondence also discusses British concerns that the Shaikh intended to sell the imported arms, that arming Qatar would lead to tensions with Ibn Sa'ūd, and that Germany could increase their commercial and political influence in the region if the Shaikh equipped his army with German munitions. The file also includes a small quantity of correspondence with BSA Guns Limited, regarding orders for arms and ammunition and applications for the requisite export licences.

The primary correspondents are 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 Department, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, 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 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. at Bahrain, and the Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Iraq.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).

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1 file (82 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 83; 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 external leather cover wraps around the documents; the inside front cover has been foliated as f 1.

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