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‘Masqat Arms Traffic. 1908–1909.’ [41v] (87/128)
The record is made up of 1 volume (60 folios). It was created in 1909. 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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46
Again this year this man seems to be
taking the leading part among the Baluch
Sardars. Nearly all the Afghans are deal
ing with him, and he must be making large
profits. At the same time he certainly
renders great services, and without his ac
tive help and goodwill the Afghans would
find the trade much more difficult and risky.
Barkat Khan received for the first con
signments that were landed this year Re. 1-6
per rifle. This is for his personal services,
and does not include hire of boat or pay of
guide, if provided, and out of which he no
doubt makes a separate commission.
The later arrivals refused to pay more
than Re. 1 per rifle, and after some discus
sion Barkat Khan agreed to this. He has
two agents who do most of the work for him.
These are Dadulla and Dosti, both Baluchis.
As w T as mentioned above, Barkat Khan
appears to have been given a
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
by
the Amir.
8 . Zaravat was selected as the final ren
dezvous for the large caravan. This place
is about 30 miles, north-west of Jashk, on
the road to Minab. It is quite close to
Agushki and Shirahan. It was selected on
account of the good camel-grazing to be got
there, and also because it was considered a
safe and secluded spot. The various parties
of Afghans had been slowly collecting there
for some three mor ths. It had become a
regular Afghan colony by the middle of
March. New arrivals were coming in daily,
and all were very pleased with them
selves. Those whose purchases had
all arrived busied themselves wuth clean
ing and packing up their rifles, they were
also continually testing their rifles. Our
man says it w r as as though field firing was
going on. Many of the Afghans had used
up their allowance of cartridges, and in many
cases the owners of Mauser pistols had fired
away all their 400 rounds.
All had assembled by the afternoon of the
20th March, and the caravan started on
the morning of the 21st March.
Rendezvous.
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Bound volume containing two secret reports, both authored by Colonel Wilfrid Malleson (referred to as Division of the Chief of the Staff in the first report, and Assistant Quarter Master General for Intelligence in the second), and both issued by the Division of the Chief of the Staff in 1909.
The first report is entitled Statistics regarding the Masqat [Muscat] Arms Traffic (Revised.) (ff 4-16), and contains several appendices and fold-out tables giving details of: caravan routes along which arms trafficking is carried out on the Makran coast; total values of arms and ammunition imported into Muscat and other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports; importers and (European) exports of arms.
The second report is entitled Special Reports on the Masqat Arms Traffic, Season 1908-09 (ff 17-60), and comprises a number of reports on the arms trade through Muscat, submitted by ‘secret agents’, and a map illustrating the arms traffic from Muscat to Persia, Baluchistan and Afghanistan (f 59). The report also includes two appendices, lettered G and H. Appendix G is a letter (in French) dated 28 October 1907, from M Pick to Messieurs Malcom and Company of Muscate [Muscat]. Appendix H comprises lists (in French) of arms for sale, with prices given in French francs.
The voluime includes a map illustrating the Muscat arms traffic, dated 1909, indicating routes taken by the Muscat arms trade from the Persian (Makran) coast and inland, into Persia, Baluchistan and Afghanistan (f 59).
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- 1 volume (60 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 62; 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: this part also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- ‘Masqat Arms Traffic. 1908–1909.’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:35v, 38v:61v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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