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File 2768/1913 'Arms traffic: Muscat warehouse; claims of British firms' [‎156r] (317/645)

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The record is made up of 1 file (318 folios). It was created in 11 Jul 1911-14 Dec 1915. It was written in English and French. 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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laubenburg & CO., b’ham.
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re6T>oreibility ceased ard tberefora wa annealed to the Sultan
to hel^ ue to obtain payirer.t f ott the Oustorers, the none so as
we ocinted out to hiir, that ^a held a gnecial ^^arwit f-cm Mu
franting ub per®iseion to irrport Fire ArffB X ar-unition into
}, uBcat without let or hindrance, which '^arrit had another S
yeadfc to run beyond the tiwe of the ^ohiMtion*
We believe that this i-'rohifeitioit was for the nurnoBe of etonMrg
the illicit Trade that was being done in India 1 we also hrow
t
that this illicit Trade was chiefly done by French Merchants
resident at luscat. Ab far as we are concerned we assure you
that we have never had the slightest knowledge of what hecane
or the goods after they reached husgat, on the contrary we had
always been in the relief that the goods were bought * used by
the Traders Tribes in Arabia where there has be-n for nary
years ~still is, a legitimate Trade in Fire Arms A Ammunition.
'. !r e sold these goods as Merchants irthe same narrer as we sell
any other 1 erohandize ir India 4 the East, where we have traded
for over 50 years,
we have had a lot of correspondence over this matter witv the
roreign Office « also had an interview t^ere last December with
air waiter Langley, who hae a full knowledge of the whole affair
this business ir which we have innocently suffered,has beep a
very great lose to us . at the end of the i-terview Sir "alter
Langley aynnathlaed v;it> ue, saying that it was a hard case i
heavy covpersation frcir H • V .Gov ernrert•
Cur 'd custorers, who probably aiso 3rs ’ r '
olved in the il'icit

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This file contains letters relating to the sale and shipment of arms and ammunition to Muscat in Oman. The majority of the correspondence is between the British firm of C H Laubenburg and British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Muscat. The letters discuss changes to particular shipments of arms and ammunition as well as disputes and claims on payments due to the arms supplier. Other firms included in the correspondence are that of a W Darlow of Bedford, and Kynoch Limited.

French correspondence in the file is issued from the French Consul in Muscat, Antoine Goguyer or Algerian Merchant Abraham Elbaz.

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1 file (318 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 320; 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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