Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [285r] (569/576)
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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Article 24.
should^lKweenlr’ "Tr ^ lha ‘ if di8 P“‘« whatever
. atJSe l, l et ^ een them relating to the application of the present
Convention wh.ch cannot be settled by negotiation, this dispute shall
be snbm.tted to an arbitral tribunal in conformity with the p ovision
^ the Covenant of the League of Nations. Envisions
Article 25.
the P rov 'sions of former general international Conventions
elating to the matters dealt with in the present Convention shall he
considered as abrogated in so far as ti.Iy are binding tetw en the
Powers which are Parties to the present (invention.
Article 26.
Paclf P 8 ^ Con ,r e " t ' 1 on shaU ''atified as soon as possible,
ach lower will address its ratification to the French Govern
ment, who will inform all the other signatory Powers.
Prench (tovern^nt "" ^ >” «’* "«*"«• »' ««>
Power^ronTtb^ f"" “" ne n,t ° force for each Signatory
rnomen thi p n u* ° f its rati «<=»tion, and from tha'i
hn i ' ‘J V er Wl11 be bo ” nrl in respect of other Powers which
have already deposited their ratifications.
On the coming into force of the present Convention, the French
Government w,11 transmit a certified copy to the Powers which under
t e Treaties of Peace have undertaken to accept and observe it, and
Parties OO TK qUen0C P T.v “ the s8me P ositinn as the Contracting
which accede. nameS “ ' erS bC n °‘ ifled to the States
In faith whereof tiie above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed
the present Convention.
Done at Paris * ttie tenth day of September, one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen, in a single copy which will remain deposited
m the archives of the Government of the French Republic, and of
which authentic copies will be sent to each of the Signatorv Powers
# Some of the Hgnatures were affiied in Paris and some at Saint-Germain-en-Lay*.
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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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- 270r:287v
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