'File No. II/9 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Persian Gulf, Maskat & Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf. Nov '07 - Dec '08.' [11r] (23/132)
The record is made up of 1 volume (63 folios). It was created in 1 Oct 1905-19 Jan 1914. 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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cartridges were brought ashore at the sane place . In
1901 , in the course of the I.Iahsud blockade , over-
whelning evidence was received of the arrival of
large consignnents of P.G-.ams & amnn: in l/aziristan
fc there was no doubt that Afghan & Faluchi dealers
procured large quantities of ams f ron Llaskat ,
which v^ere mostly snuggled in sailing craft to
lonely places on the coast near Funder Abbas &
Llinab , whence the^ were picked up b w the purchasers
Fx? carried inland concealed in canel litters F? in the
franework of canel saddles . iron infomation in
their possession the Of.of I. were led to believe that
out of 270,000 nen belonging to the frontier tribes
no fewer than 94,000 possessed breech-loading rifled
ams fT. r ith regard to Afghanistan the Of.of I. recently
received the disquieting intelligence that a number
of rifles had reached the Herat & Kandahar districts
& that the w were being freely sold among the tribesmen
with the approval of the local Afghan officials . /
Ihe trade in these ams was no longer prohibited ] 3 w
the Amir in accordance with the poiic w pursued b w
his father , & his llajest w was reported to have stated
openl w that he had no objection to the acquisition p
of weapons of precision b w his subjects . That fact
alone , in the opinion of the G.ofl. rendered it essen
entia^ to redouble the efforts to stop the traffic.
1 i 'h statement forvvarded with the present desp
atch showed the number of cases of "smuggling of rifes
& a - rin: bo the H.b.F. F? Afghanistan that had come to
notice during the past ^ear .
The local Poll: Officers had made various sugg
estions for interesting the Persian authorities in
the stoppage of the traffic , & for rendering tjiem
such assistance as the w might need in the matter.
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The volume mainly comprises printed reports for each month from October 1905 to December 1908 entitled 'Memoranda of information received during the month ... regarding external affairs relating to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Muscat and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. The memoranda are dated and despatched from the Foreign Department of the Government of India.
Topics covered in the memoranda include:
- arms trade at Muscat with Afghans
- proposed appointment of Italian consul at Muscat
- Muscat trade report
- piracy committed on a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. near Kuwait
- Najd affairs and relations with the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud)
- mining of red oxide on Abu Musa and Sirri islands
- overcrowding of pilgrim ships in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- quarantine arrangements for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- pearling industry in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- native dhows at Lingah flying the German flag
- lighting in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- installation of wireless telegraphy on vessels in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
The file ends with an acknowledgement by 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. , Kuwait (William George Grey) of receipt of the Memoranda of Affairs from 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. , Kuwait (William Henry Irvine Shakespear).
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- 1 volume (63 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 65; 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 additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-64; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
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- 'File No. II/9 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re. affairs in Persian Gulf, Maskat & Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf. Nov '07 - Dec '08.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 3ar, 3r:5v, 6ar, 6r:64v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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