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File 619/1907 Pt 4 'Arms Traffic: Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1909-1911).' [101r] (206/761)
The record is made up of 1 volume (378 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1909-1 Dec 1911. 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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Keference Paper.
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Accountant-Generars Department
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^ Register No.
Eee. 190 .
? Referred to the Political and Secret
Pepartment.
5th day of January 1911
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In telegrctm of 24th
revised figures of Milita
the payment of £75,700 pieviousiy estimated for the
current year on account o
shewn as transferred to 1
November which stated tha
Admiralty would submit a
or thereabouts in the yea
A telegram, of which
ultimo to the Viceroy giving
ry Estimates of the current year,
f
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
expenditure was
911—12, in accordance with your
reply of 30th November last to my Reference of the 15th
t it was anticipated that the
claim for a total sum of £88,705
r 1911-12.
a copy is attached, was received
from the Viceroy on the 3rd instant, in which it is urged
that a payment subject to
the Admiralty before the
The arrangement prop
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,119
19 s I • ^ /)
i
adjustment should be made to
31st March next,
osed by India seems "'to be a
desirable one, but the Pinancial Secretary would advise
on this point. If the Political Secretary can arrange
an advance, I should be dlad to be informed as soon as
possible, in order that t|he necessary alteration may be
made in the figures of the estimates to be telegraphed
to India on the 1st proximo
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The volume comprises correspondence regarding the decision by British authorities to establish a naval blockade along the Mekran coast in 1909, with the aim of suppressing arms trafficking in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The correspondence discusses the cost of a naval blockade, the availability of naval vessels, and the ongoing discussions on extending the blockade which was to be continued until March 1912.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade); the Viceroy of India (Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, and Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the Secretary of State for India (John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn); 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 Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Spencer Harcourt Butler); and representatives of 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.
Also included in the volume is correspondence with 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 Maskat [Muscat] (Robert Erskine Holland) regarding arms and ammunition being imported into Muscat, and the work of Edward Gelson Gregson, who was placed on special duty for the suppression of the arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
This is part 4 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (378 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.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 378; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 168-174 and ff 324-327 respectively; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled. Pagination: a pagination sequence, written in pencil, is present between ff 324-327.
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- Title
- File 619/1907 Pt 4 'Arms Traffic: Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1909-1911).'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:125v, 126ar, 126r:177v, 178v:366v, 367v:377v, 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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