Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [245r] (489/576)
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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supply, as to the provenance and point of entry into Persia of such arms and the
routes used by the smugglers. At the same time, further enquiries are being made by
the British authorities.
6. As regards the failure of His Majesty's ships in the Gulf to prevent this
B^ged recrudescence of the arms traffic, His Majesty’s Legation take the opportunity
ot reminding the Imperial Government that it is entirely due to the efforts displayed
in the past by His Majesty’s Government that this trade in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
has been
reduced to its present small dimensions. They have spared neither effort nor expense
with this object in view; indeed, the existing agreements with the independent rulers
of the Arab coast were largely concluded for this purpose.
7. While, as the Imperial Government are aware, His Majesty’s ships in the
Gulf are alert to prevent any smuggling of this nature, it is manifestly impossible
for three or four ships to exert complete control over nearly 1,000 miles of coastline.
A much larger number of vessels could, indeed, hardly hope to prevent smuggling
altogether. His Majesty’s Legation would further point out that the task of His
Majesty’s ships would be materially lightened could they count upon the whole
hearted co-operation of the Persian Customs and other authorities, which,
unfortunately, they have not been able to do in the past. Ilis Majesty s Government
are, it is unnecessary to state, as ready as ever to assist the Persian Government to
the best of their power to stamp out this traffic, and they accordingly suggest that
the Imperial Government should instruct the local authorities in the south to discus*
with His Majesty’s consul-general at Bushire and with the senior naval officei the
appropriate measures to be taken.
British Legation, Gulhek,
June 25, 1929.
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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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