Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [100r] (199/576)
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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case there was any extensive traffic in arms by sea from
the Hasa coast. On the whole, it seemed therefore that the
best course would be to refrain from searching Nejdi vessels
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. The Admiralty representatives
pointed out that, as in the case of the Red Sea, there were
serious objections to conceding exemption from supervision
to any particular flag. They were therefore reluctant to
agree to the complete exemption of Nejdi vessels in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
from supervision. The meeting agreed, however,
that the best course would be to refrain as far as possible
from searching or supervising Nejdi vessels in the Persian
Gulf, but the Admiralty representatives reserved their
right to raise this question again should it be thought
desirable.
(b) Persia.
The question was then considered of the attitude
to be adopted in regard to Persian vessels.
Mr. Baxter explained the position as regards
Persia. So far as search for slaves were concerned, the
Anglo-Persian Convention of 1882 was still in force.
Article 1 of this Convention stated that the object of the
possible visit and detention of Persian merchant vessels
was "in order to prevent the chance of negro slaves, male
and female, being imported into Persia." There was no
traffic in negro slaves nowadays: the convention appeared
none the less to confer on His Majesty's Government the
right to visit and detain Persian ships for slaves of sill
races. The Persian Government maintain that the convention
is out of date, and so inapplicable to existing circumstances
as to be virtually null and void; but this is not admitted
by His Majesty's Government.
The search of Persian vessels for arms could in
case of need be justified by an arrangement made with Persia
in
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:246r, 247v:256v, 259r:259v, 266r:269v, back-i, back
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