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File 869/1904 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden' [‎92r] (192/540)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (266 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1902-23 Dec 1908. It was written in English and French. 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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an increasing number of Mijjertein dhows plied between their^ own ports and
Mokalla instead of coming to Aden I admitted that this might certainly be
the case, but that, with the main object of checking illicit traffic in arms m
view, it was desirable that as much as possible of the littoral should be included
in our mutual arrangements. Mokalla, I pointed out, mighty be^ included in
our arrangements as a prescribed port. And i thought that this might possibly
be done hereafter.
8 I pointed out that if prescribed port^ were arranged at Perim, Aden,
ghugra Balahaf, and Mokalla, an effective control could be exercised over the
coasts of South-West Arabia and that similar measures were desirable from
Berbera right round to IHig. He agreed in principle.
9. Meanwhile it was evidently clear to him that under present arrange
ments, the por^s of Italian Somaliland were favourably situated as compared to
the ports of British Somaliland, in that dhows could go there either without a
security bond or with a comparatively light one. This was an advantage
which he was not apparently inclined to give up for the mere purpose of co-oper
ating with us to check the illicit traffic in arms. He remarked, however, that
he would discuss the matter with the Mijjertein Sultan and think over it, and
that he did think that it was desirable that we should co-operate heartily
together.
10. He pointed out that it was actually some trouble to Nakhudas to
furnish requisite security to me. 1 said that I was sparing no effort to make
this simpler and less trouble.
11 He agreed that he had no authority to issue a port clearance for the
port of Aden, and that the present form used at his Consulate was irregular and
unnecessary. It really was only intended to be a bill of health. He agreed
that it mi^ht be covenient if he vised port clearances instead of furnishing
those forms? He pointed out that recently he had stated on those forms that
euarantees (security) had been furnished. He could do the same on the por
clearance form itself if desired. I suggested that the form used at his Consulate
might be so modified as to include
(а) reference to the health of the port;
(б) reference to the fact that security had been furmsed.
As a matter of fact I added that there seemed no reason why lie should not use
security forms similar to ours. I said I would make out some sample lot ms for
his consideration. , . _ . i, ^ t
12 He said that Italian vessels had other papers which they had to get
from him before sailing. I replied that doubtless that was the ease wherever
they 1 might “ceding, but that it did not affect the present questron. He
^ 13 it should, I think, be here noted that under present eireumstanoes
Italian Somaliland scores a material advantage over Bnt.sh Somahland m the
laxitv with which this matter is treated. Further, oui Regula ion
must oTearly fail of any real effect unless and until the Italian authorities more
^'^If it fs of anv real interest to us to keep arms out of Somaliland, then a
fuller co-operation should be pressed for at once. _
14. Incidentally it might here be noted that a more effective “ ntro1
thecoasttothenonh-westof Aden including f
and Kas-al-Arah or some other port or prescribed P orts
effect in the desired direction irrespective of Italian oo-opera i •
15 As to French co-operation Commendatore Pestalozza said that the Fre c
authorities would be found apparently most friendly and 1 “ clln ® d ^
They had rules which nominally prohibhed illicit “ X"
were sold to Arabs and by Arabs to Somalis, and eien ‘ Ual '^ > ,°“ nf ^ as n J
out of Jibouti or Tajourah Bay in small consignments which, as of ten as not
were conveyed by Dunk ilt on Somali fishing or pearl-diving boats. He
that if they could only be got to co-operate in the direction of only recognising
certain prescribed, ports, that might he useful.

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This volume is the second of three successive volumes of correspondence (IOR/L/PS/10/32-34), relating to the British prohibition and suppression of arms traffic between ports in Aden, the Red Sea and the coast of East Africa. The volume contains copies of ‘The Somaliland Registration of Vessels Regulations, 1904’ and the ‘Aden Sea-traffic in Arms Regulation, 1902’. There is substantial correspondence about amending the 1902 regulation, together with revised drafts made in 1907 and 1908. Correspondents are officials at the Foreign Office, 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. and the Admiralty in London and the British Ambassador at Paris, as well as officials in the Government of India Foreign and Political Department and in the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department. Other notable correspondents are the Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies Station, the Commander and Senior Naval Officer for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division, the Senior Naval Officer for the Aden Division, 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. and the First Assistant Resident at Aden, 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 Muscat and the British Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate. Included in the correspondence are English translations of several letters sent and received by Sultan Ahmed Fadthl, The Abdali of Yemen (also referred to as the Abdali Sultan) in 1905 and 1907, and also by Said Faisal the Sultan of Oman in 1907.

The volume contains a small amount of correspondence in French, in the form of a letter from the Italian Consul at Aden to the First Assistant Resident at Aden in 1906 and a letter from the French Consul at Muscat to 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 Muscat in 1907. The diplomatic correspondence also includes several English translations of notes from the Italian Ambassador and the Italian Chargé d’Affaires at London, to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in 1907 and 1908.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (266 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 869 (Arms Traffic: - Red Sea, Africa and Aden) consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/32-34. The volumes are divided into three parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 264; 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. The front and back covers, along with the leading and ending flyleaves have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 145-264 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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