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Coll 7/38 'Arms, Ammunition & Arms Traffic. Issue of licences for the export of arms to Persian Gulf.' [234r] (468/708)
The record is made up of 1 file (352 folios). It was created in 3 Oct 1935-7 Apr 1948. 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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COPY
INDIA OFPICK,
5707/38
.
, J. *!•
17 th AUgtt8tti^38<
olio ing on our recent convePortion
Rbout the supply of Bren nine for Bail rein I wrote
to i.eigktrartn and you may like to know how the
matter sum< s.
He says that following on the receipt of
your letter to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
# the natter was discussed
with Fowl© who was of opinion that the question of
obtaining Bren guns should he considered ns part
of r scheme ( ow under consideration) for the
internal security an defence of Bahrein and tiu t
at Fowle’s request he actually Informed Sheikhs
Abdulla bin Isa* and Salman bin Hamad (His
Highness then being ill) that it was hoped to draw
up an in ernal security sclieme with their
co-operotion in which the question of nr chine guns
would almost certalhly p ; ay an important part,
sr.eirhtman adds that the >heikhs appeared to be
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Belgrave, .sq. f c.3.
S5, Kensington Pa ace Kansiona t
de Vere Gardens,
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Correspondence regarding applications for permission to import arms, ammunition, industrial explosives and related equipment into Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The primary correspondents are the Under Secretary of State for India, the Board of Trade Imports and Exports Licensing Section, the War Office, 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. , and the Ministry of Supply. The file also contains a small amount of correspondence from European and local arms firms and merchants.
In addition to the correspondence, the file contains applications for export licences, and copies of 'no objection' certificates issued by 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 file includes dividers which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 2-4).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (352 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 353; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2206
- Title
- Coll 7/38 'Arms, Ammunition & Arms Traffic. Issue of licences for the export of arms to Persian Gulf.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:25v, 27r:28v, 30r:38v, 40r:48v, 50r:65v, 67r:119v, 122r:135v, 137r:161v, 162ar, 162r:163v, 166r:237v, 239r:253v, 255r:273v, 275r:303v, 305r:331v, 333r:336v, 339r:345v, 350r:353v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence