'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.' [25r] (51/132)
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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strengthened it was considered that it would
be easy to draw up simple rules on the
lines of the Aden Regulation, which with the
Proclamation against import, would seem to
be all that was necessary. The prohibition
against inland traffic would not be required
and could not he enforced by the Sultan. The
important point was to stop the import of
arms into Maskat in hulk.
(/) If it appeared that the wholesale trade
w r as being shifted to other ports in the Gulf
such as Bahrein or Koweit, the Government
of India could take measures by the control of
the Customs or otherwise to make effective
the prohibitions already issued by the Sheikhs.
International action at such ports would there
fore he not only undesirable, but unneces
sary, as the Government of India would be
responsible in the matter.
On the 13th February, His Majesty’s
Secretary of State for India was informed
that as regards dhows flying the British flag,
Article X of 1841, under which registration^
was effected at Aden, had been held to he
ultra vires and would he replaced by a Bill
which had been proposed with the object of
providing a suitable form of registration for
vessels of that description and the drafting of
which the Secretary of State had agreed to
subject to the latest remarks of the Board of
Trade. This enactment would afford means
of identification and would considerably facili
tate the registration of native craft generally.
In connection with indemnifying the
Sultan of Maskat, Major Cox recommended an
offer to double the subsidy of Rs. 7,200 per
mensem and to gradually raise it, as necessary^
up to a yearly sum of £15,000.
On the 18th February, the Secretary of
State for India enquired whether the Gov
ernment of India could depute Major Grey,
or some officer with a knowTedge of the local
conditions of Maskat, to attend the Brussels
conference to he held at the beginning of April,
and on the 21st the Government of India
replied in the affirmative.
On the 29th February, the Secretary of
State intimated that the 28th April had been
fixed as the proposed date of the meeting of
the conference at Brussels.
23. On the 20th December 1907, the
Somaliland Arms Secretary of State for
Traffic. India telegraphed that
the Italian Government proposed to send an
Agent to Maskat to organise a service of
information regarding the contraband trade in
arms between Maskat and Italian Somaliland.
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.
at Maskat was accordingly
instructed to afford him any facilities he
might require, and the Secretary of State w^as
informed that the Government of India saw no
eqfootion to the proposal.
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 3ar, 3r:5v, 6ar, 6r:64v, back-i, back
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