Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [248r] (495/576)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should be
returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
(E. 3021/95/34).
TO PERSIA.
Cypher & Code tele^ra^r to Sir 3. Clive. (Tehran).
Foreign Office. 19th June,1929. lO.O.p.m.
Nos. 198 and 199.
oOo
Your telegram No. 237 (of June 10th: Alleged
smuggling of British arms into Southern Persia).
You will see from Arras Traffic Memorandum on
page 151 of document enclosed in Foreign Office des
patch No. 531 of 1928 that Arms Traffic Conventions
have not been ratified. In accordance with an agree
ment of 1920 between the principal signatories of the
1919 convention, the Commander-in-Chief East Indies
still has instructions to apply that convention as
regards the special areas defined in Chapter 2, which
include
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. The 1897 Agreement with Persia,
see page 83 in Library paper 7093 of 1598, certainly
included Persian territorial waters, see especially
concluding words of Persian note. I have no further
observations on the terms of your reply.
In view of evidence in possession of His Majestyfe
Government that Russians have been collecting British
rifles for introduction into Persia (see Lord
Monteagle’s private letter of March 13th, 1928) and
recent reports that arms have been landed at
Mohammerah from Soviet ships, it seems conceivable
that Russian ships may have landed British arms in
Southern Persia, possibly with the connivance of
venal customs officials, for distribution to dis
affected
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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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