Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [203v] (406/576)
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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to havo been given to its terms, but it seems ultimately
to have been dropped, presumably because it was thou^jit
unnecessary to legislate until the Convention had been
generally ratified - a stage which in fact was never
reached, but, so far as the Persian crovemment is
concerned, the Navy had already generally adequate
powers under the
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
granted in 1897 by Persia, and
the various undertaKings entered, into irom time to time
by the Sheikhs of the Arab littoral.
4 i submit that the conclusions stated in the
last sentence of paragraph 7 of 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.
Memorafidum
may be regarded as valid. It is, however, perhaps
unnecessary to pursue the point with the ouher
departments concerned.
f The questions raised in the Admiralty letter
of 9 th jjecember have now been investigated oy the
xoreigi uffice as affecting (a) Nejdi dhows; (b) Persiah
vessels.
Their conclusion as regards the first of these
is set out in Foreign Office letter of the 30th January
on P. 823/30. It seems difficult to contest their
view that it would be politically most difficult to
endeavour to search Nejdi vessels without the consent
of King Ibn Saud; that this there would be little, if
any, prospect of obtaining; and that in the circumstances
instructions should be given to the Senior Naval Officer
not to search Nejdi vessels, either in Nejdi territorial
waters or upon the higji seas. YJhile this Office is not
responsible for Nejdi policy, the question of the arms
traffic is of definite interest to us, and it is, I
think, desirable that we should express a definite view
on the Foreiga Office suggestion. I submit a letter
concurring in it.
V
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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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