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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.' [‎23v] (48/132)

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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(VI) The machinery suggested for the
due enforcement by the Sultan of Maskat of
any rules that might be adopted.
Special reports were called for as to—
(а) How far there was any lawful trade
in Arms at Aden.
(б) The procedure followed in respect
of dhows authorised to fly the Eritish flag.
(c) The practice from ports of the Aden
Protectorate in respect to the flying of flags,
followed by dhows not authorised to fly the
British flag and the extent to which it was
practicable to control their movements.
It was stated that the international
Bureau, under the Brussels Act, possessed
no executive functions.
After communication with the local
authorities, the Viceroy replied on the 2nd
February that at Aden the existing trade in
arms was so small and could so easily be con
trolled that the imposition of duty on arms
there was not likely to have any useful result,
but if it w r as considered advisable to include
Aden in the scheme in order to facilitate its
adoption by the European Powers concerned,
there w r as no objection.
It was added that the revision of the
Aden Regulation was almost completed and
a copy of the draft had been forwarded to
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. . The Government of
India had not hitherto considered the
question of embodying in it provisions
similar to those in Part III of the Somali
land Regulation, as they contemplated
applying the Indian Arms Act to the Protec
torate. The desired object would then have been
secured by the issue of executive instructions
to Commanders of vessels concerned. The
Secretary of State had, however, desired the
Government of India to defer action regarding
the application of Indian Acts to the Protec
torate, and they were prepared, if the Arms
Act should not be applied, instead to embody
the provisions of Part III, Somaliland Regula
tion. If, however, these provisions were to be
seriously enforced on the protectorate coast line,
it would probably be necessary to institute a
coast patrol and to occupy Ras-el-Arah and
possibly other points on the coast of the
Protectorate. But there w r ould be little need
for precautionary measures on the Aden coast
against the distribution, if the importation of
arms were once stopped at the main distribu
ting centre Jibuti. Though this w as not stated
in the proposals the Government of India
presumed the provisions of the General Act
would be applied also 1 o the portion of Arabian
Coast between the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman.
The Resident, it was stated, was furnishing
a report regarding the control of dhows. Some
-r

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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:

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.' [‎23v] (48/132), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/5/8, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040097117.0x000031> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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