Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [66r] (131/576)
The record is made up of 1 file (286 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1929-3 Feb 1948. 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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3 # I am impressed by the following considerations:-
(a) Pressure of other work has made it impossible to
collate the Information in this Legation regarding the results
obtained by searches in the recent past. I see little hope
of being able to undertake this work in the near future.
In any case it appears to me that the Admiralty and/or Senior
Haval Officer Ked Sea are in a much better position than the
Legation to bring together the information available. I
agree with Mr. Hope Gill in thinking that it has an important
bearing. So far as my present knowledge goes 9 it does not
appear that recent searches have resulted in the discovery of
any Important number of oases of Hejasl or Aslri dhows carrying
Illicit arms In the Red Sea. If this is so, it seems unlikely
that the adoption of the majority conclusion of the Inter-
Departmental Conference would be attended by the danger of its
becoming known at all speedily that His Majesty's Government
had altered their practice as regards arms. As regards Nejdl
dhows in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, it would appear from the report of
the Senior Haval Officer, quoted in paragraph 22 of the record
of the Inter-Departmental Conference, that the practice of
searching Nejdl dhows has been in abeyance for a considerable
period, apparently without serious consequences.
(b) I am at present vague as to what flags are used by
Hejasi, Hejdi and Aslrl dhows in the more remote coastal waters.
/
So far as I know, there is no such thing as a Hcjas-Nejd commer
cial flag other than the King's standard, a flag with a green
ground separated from the staff by & white band and bearing on
the green the profession of faith with a sword beneath. The
use of this is apparently not confined to royalty, but my
impression Is that in distant waters something vaguely Islamic
but less Nejdl and Wahhabite may be used. I shall take the
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first opportunity of consulting the Senior Naval Officer, Red
Sea, on this point. If my Impression is correct, it would make
it/
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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to arms and slave traffic in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Principal correspondents include officials at 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. , Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and Admiralty. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from: the High Commissioner (later, 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. ), Baghdad; the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division; the British Legation, Tehran; Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; Commander-in-Chief of HM Naval Forces, Mediterranean Station; British Legation, Jeddah, and the Board of Trade.
The majority of the file concerns the discussion of arms smuggling in the region, with a particular focus on the right of HM ships to search vessels for arms and slaves. Matters that are discussed include the following:
- Arms traffic across the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. into southern Persia, thought to be supplying the Qashqai rebellion taking place there
- Persian complaints about British sympathy for the Qashqai rebellion
- Revision of naval instructions concerning powers to search and detain vessels in the region
- Arms traffic into Palestine via Akaba [al-Aqaba].
Papers of note included in the file include the following:
- Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunition, and Protocol, signed September 10, 1919 (folios 270-287)
- Record of an interdepartmental meeting held at the Foreign Office on the 24 April to consider the instructions to be issued to the Senior Naval Officers in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , regarding the search by HM ships of Arabian, Persian, and Iraqi vessels for slaves and arms (folios 92-103).
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- 1 file (286 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 287; 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.
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- Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'
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- front, front-i, 2r:246r, 247v:256v, 259r:259v, 266r:269v, back-i, back
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