'Report on the Arms Traffic, 1st July 1911 to 30th June 1913 (including a note on the operations of the Makran Field Force in April and May 1911)' [9v] (18/44)
The record is made up of 1 volume (20 folios). It was created in 1911-1913. 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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On two or three other occasions the troops at Jask and Chahbar were utili7ed
for protecting the consulates at Bandar ’Abbas and Lingeh, when these were threat
ened by large bands of raiders.
8. System of Intelligence.
A General Staff Officer, 3rd grade, with his headquarters at Jask, was employed
in collecting information, which he passed to the Navy; he also submitted a weekly
or bi-weekly diary to the General Staff, Simla, with copies to the Senior Naval
Officer and 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 1912 the Navy also maintained an officer
on intelligence work at Masqat, but the appointment was discontinued early in
1913.
Major S. G. Craufurd, D.S.O., was Intelligence Officer, Jask, from 1910 to April
1913, when Major C. C. R. Murphy, 30th Punjabis, took over from him.
Other sources of information were the Telegraph Superintendents at Jask and
Robat (Dehaneh Baghi), the Vice-Consuls at Lingeh and Bander ’Abbas, the
Political Agents, Masqat, Bahrain and Kuwait.
The General Staff at Simla collected all the information from the various
sources and, after having it printed, distributed it about once a week to the follow
ing :—
1. Agent to the Governor General,
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
Province.
*2. Agent to the Governor General, Baluchistan.
3. Foreign Department.
4. Mr. E. G. Gregson, C.I.E.
5.
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.
m the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
6.
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.
, Masqat.
7. Director, Criminal Investigation Department.
8. Naval Commander-in-Chief.
9. Intelligence Officer, Jask.
10. Intelligence Officer, Peshawar.
11. Vice-Consul, Bandar ’Abbas.
12. General Staff, IVth (Quetta) Division.
The General Staff also kept running statistics showing—
(a) the strength and location of any arms trading caravans of Afghans,
and the arms reaching Afghanistan.
(b) The amounts of arms captured, confiscated or jettisoned.
(c) The arrivals of cargoes of arms at Masqat with, when possible, the names
of the exporters and importers.
(d) The distribution of arms from Masqat and Arabia.
(e) The landings reported on the Coast of Persia.
9. Police Measures.
The measures adopted by Mr.^ Gregspn and his staff of police included the follow
ing : they resulted in a great diminution and almost a cessation of the attempts
to trade direct, which were being made by Ghilzais (Kharotis) and Adam Khels,
the chief offenders among Pathans :—
(a) All Pathan tribes were kept informed of the prohibition against indulg
ing in the trade, and they were given to understand that, unless they
desisted, they might be refused admission to British India even to
carry on ordinary trades, and might be deprived of the assistance
of British Consuls in Persia.
(b) Steamers and boats leaving Karachi, Bombay, Baluchistan, Kathiawar
etc., were watched.
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The volume, marked confidential, is Report on the Arms Traffic, 1st July 1911 to 30th June 1913 (including a note on the operations of the Makran Field Force in April and May 1911) , prepared by the General Staff, India, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, 1913. The report begins with a preface (folio 5) and is then divided into seventeen sections, plus appendices. The geographical scope of the report includes Persia, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Arabian Peninsula, and Turkey. The report covers blockade measures, systems of intelligence, exporters from Europe, and prices.
The note on operations of the Makran Field Force comes as an appendix and is written by Captain SG Craufurd, Gordon Highlanders Intelligence Officer, at Jask on 10 May 1911.
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- 1 volume (20 folios)
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There is a list of contents (folio 4) that refers to the original pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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