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‘Masqat Arms Traffic. 1908–1909.’ [51r] (106/128)
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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65
Miscellaneous people connected with arms trade.
Gwadar.
Bushire*
Muhatnmareh.
Dibai-
Abdul Aziz > British Consul’s chap-
> rassis (bribed for
Faqir ) silence.)
Abid, Customs employe, Agent for
Damodar.
Mukarjee, Head Clerk of the British
Consulate gives assistance to Hindu
gun merchants.
Zobeir, Arab
munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
to Sultan, does a
small business by sale of pistols
through Baluchis.
These men receive about 2 to 4 annas
from the merchants for every rifle sold
through their instrumentality.
(1) Muhammad Rahim, Khoja of Gwa
dar, owns many “ bagalas ” (boats) at
Jashk, Chahbar and Pasni. He brings
ghi, matting, dates and cotton to Matrah.
These he sells to Saiyid Yusuf and Damodar
Mul, and takes back rifles to the Makran
Coast.
(2) Abdur Rahim, Baluch Native Assist
ant at Gwadar, takes an interest in the
arms trade and makes what he can out of
it.
Haji Najaf of Bushire does a large trade
in rifles apparently with Persians. He
used to buy his rifles from Ali Musa, but he
now has his own agent at Masqat who
orders direct from Europe. From Mas
qat his rifles are first shipped to Kuwait,
and are then taken over to Bushire. These
are not landed actually on the peninsula,
but at various small ports on the coast of
Tangistan.
Shaikh Khazal of Muhammareh, about 8
months ago, sent a large tent, a jewel stud
ded sword and two horses as presents to the
Sultan of Masqat. He asked that a free
trade in arms might be allowed between the
two countries.
Shaikh Mukaddam of Dibai has also
approached the Sultan of Masqat in the
same sense.
French —
Gun merchants at Masqat.
Goguyer.
Baijeot.
M. Kevarkoff.
Nishan
and 2 others not known.
14 I.B.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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