'The Illicit Trade in Arms and Ammunition Between the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan' [‎front] (1/36)

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The file consists of notes and appendices providing a history of the arms trade up to 1908, prepared by C M Gibbon of the Persian Section of the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, Government of India.

A preface is included by Wilfrid Malleson, Division of Chief of General Staff, India.

It discusses: the monetary value of the arms trade, attempts to stop the import of arms into Persia, reported trade routes, import and export figures, the types of rifles and ammunition imported, and firms connected with arms traffic.

The appendices include the following:

• an outline of the scheme inaugurated by Mr New of the Indo-European Telegraph Department for the prevention of illicit arms trade on the Makran Coast;
• lists of arms caravans known to have made their way from the Makran Coast into Afghan territory;
• a precis of the action taken by the Persian Government to prohibit arms caravans through South-East Persia;
• statistics for the value of arms and ammunition openly imported in the Masqat [Muscat] and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports, monthly exports from the United Kingdom, imports into Masqat by foreign vessels, distribution from Masqat to Persian and Arabian Coasts, and the proportion of various forms of rifles and ammunition imported monthly;
• a statement of the departures for and arrivals at Masqat of vessels carrying arms and ammunition, and European firms connected with Masqat arms traffic.

Also includes one map on folio 17: 'PLAN TO ILLUSTRATE ROUTES TAKEN BY ARMS CARAVANS BETWEEN THE MAKRAN COAST and the AFGHAN BORDER'

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1 file (16 folios)

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The file consists of a single document.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 18; 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.

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

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English in Latin script

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