Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [217r] (433/576)
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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The three points vhich this correspondence raises are -
(a) the position in regard to the statement in paragraph 5
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.
memorandum on the arms traffic in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
that the 1919 Arms Traffic Convention was
abandoned consequent on the refusal to ratify it ot the United
States of America. Are we in a position still to apply tnat
Convention in the Gulf in accordance with the agreement to
that effect reached in : 1920 between the principal signatories?
(b) the present position as regards the Persian finnan of
15th December, 1897, empowering H*M. Ships x> search Persian
vessels for anus on behalf of the Shah;
(c) the treatment to. be accorded oy h.M. snips to bejd
dhows suspected of traffic in anns. <
1. 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.
memorandum is flagged below.
3 . as regards the first of the points referred to above,
the position is, as stated in the memorandum, that the 1919
Convention has been abandoned consequent on the failure of the
fhited States to accede to it,, and a new convention on ratner
similar lines has been drawn up by the League. This convention,
vhich, so far as the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is concerned, contains
similar provisions to the Convention of 1919 about prohibited
areas, has itself, however, as stated in paragraph 7 of the
memorandum, not yet been ratified by the principal anus
producing countries, and has not been signed by Persia, as
regards both Conventions it may be remarked that Persia has
consistently refused to recogiise the classification of Persia
or of Persian waters as a prohibited zone. The Convention of
1919 was drawn up at a time when it was considered unnecessary
to take serious account of her, but in 1923, and again in 1924,
she protested formally to the League against the .classification
in question. V&ien the question arose of substituting a revised
convention for that of 1919, the Persians secured the omission of
Persia proper from the prohibited zones; concurred only with the
greatest difficulty in the inclusion of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and the
Sea of Oman in the "special" maritime zone, and refused to agrer
to
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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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