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File 868/1912 Pt 3 'Arms traffic: arrangements at Muscat for its regulation' [14v] (37/327)
The record is made up of 1 volume (160 folios). It was created in 1912. 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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, Tn of my arguments against such a course, he
prepared between you and me. bli ^ e d before foreign consuls receive and
is doubtful whether these ru es Xvernmeuts to their representations, and is
communicate to him the replies of their GovMnmen ^ t Is it nece& , ary to
anxious that question oe r ® £e ™, bUcat i on 0 f these rules, and should they be
obtain sanction of Gcjveinm 1 t ob i eP t to publication en bloc, and prefers
"Srrf- i »'..v o,„ >.1
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Major Knox to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Cox.
(Telegraphic.)
HIS Highness
at interview to-day expressed bis
Muscat, June 30, 1912.
willingness to publish up
to and including rule 12 without alteration, and from observations be let M|
seem^ncW to^ubUsbThe whole‘set of regulations and forms. I venture to press
for^arly decision on my demi-official No. 77, dated 14th instant, and telegram *0. 76,
dated 18tb instant, which have. I hope, reached you ere this. p i i
His Highness, on my representing that local arms merchants not Irene and
notably Seyyid Yusuf-az-Zowawi, have been boasting that they will refuse to delner
up their stocks, renewed most strongly his assurances that he was determined strict y
to regulate traffic. He further informed me that he had been most emphatic m Ins
replies, refusing to listen to remonstrances from the tribes m the interior.
(Telegraphic.)
Enclosure 4 in No. 1.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Cox to Major Knox.
Bushire, July 1? 1912
YOU It telegram No. 82.
I have already replied to your Nos. 76 and 77 by my telegram No. 182 from
Han jam on 24th, saying, “Send copy of rules accepted to Government officially and
remainder demi-officially. If, however, Sultan is definitely ready to publish the whole
at once, I see no reason why it should not be done in anticipation of Government
concurrence. If any particular modification proves necessary, it can be made
subsequently.”
Enclosure 5 in No. 1.
Notice by His Highness Sir Seyyid Faisai-bin-Turki, G.C.I.E., Sultan of Muscat and Oman-
THE following draft rules for the establishment, maintenance, and control of the
arms warehouse are published for the information of all concerned. The said rules
will be held to apply to all arms and ammunition or parts thereof held in our
territories by traders for sale on the date of the introduction of the said rules, and to
all such arms, ammunition, or parts thereof as may be thereafter imported into our
territories.
On, or about, but not before, the 1st September, 1912, a subsidiary notice will he
issued in due course confirming these draft rules and notifying the date on which the
rules so confirmed shall come into operation.
Draft Rules.
Rule All arms, ammunition, or parts thereof, held by traders for sale to the
punic within my dominions, shall be deposited forthwith in the arms warehouse in
accordance with these regulations. The warehouse superintendent will grant detailed
receipt to the depositor for all such arms, ammunition, or parts thereof in the form
attached and marked A.
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The volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and two press-cuttings relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.
Issues discussed include:
- French proposals regarding the suspension of the Sultan of Muscat's regulations. The approval of rules concerning the warehouse for ammunition;
- French schemes to evade the Sultan of Muscat's regulations by trans-shipment;
- instructions for H M Ambassador in Paris on the question of compensation for stock laid up in bonded warehouses;
- Anglo-French diplomacy and negotiations for an exchange of interests and payment of compensation for armaments confiscated;
- assurances to the French Government that no confiscation will take place pending arbitration if it is entered into;
- enquiry from the Foreign Office on continuing export of armaments;
- weekly naval reports from the Gulf, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Katr [Qatar].
The file includes two press cuttings on folio 164: from the Daily Mail ('Britain and France. French Cruiser for Muscat. The Traffic in Arms.' 28 November 1912) and from The Daily Telegraph ('France and Muscat: An Unfounded Report', 13 September 1912).
The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Percy Zachariah Cox; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the French Consul at Muscat; the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent at Sharjah, Khan Bahadur Sheikh Abdul Latif; HM Consul at Basrah; the First Assistant Resident, Captain R L Birdwood; the Chief of Shargah [Sharjah], Shaikh Sagar bin Khaled.
The volume is part 3 of 7. The part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (f 2).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (160 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 868 (Arms Traffic - Muscat) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/235-240. The volumes are divided into 7 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 comprising one volume each and parts 4 and 5 comprising a volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 159; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the one leading flyleaf.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 99-159; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
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- File 868/1912 Pt 3 'Arms traffic: arrangements at Muscat for its regulation'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:29r, 30r:50v, 51v:159v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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