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Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [276r] (551/576)
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 4.
The High Contracting Parties undertake to grant no export
licences to any country which refuses to accept the tutelage under
which it has been placed, or which, after having been placed under
the tutelage of any Power, may endeavour to obtain from any other
^’ower any of the arms or ammunition specified in Articles 1 and 2.
Article 5.
A Central International Office, placed under the control of the
League of Nations, shall be established for the purpose of collecting
and preserving documents of all kinds exchanged by the High Con
tracting Parties with regard to the trade in, and distribution of, the
arms and ammunition specified in the present Convention.
Each of the High Contracting Parties shall publish an annual
report showing the export licences which it may have granted,
together with the quantities and destination of the arms and ammuni
tion to which the export licences referred. A copy of this report
shall be sent to the Central International Office and to the Secretary-
General of the League of Nations.
Further, the High Contracting Parties agree to send to the
Central International Office and to the Secretary-General of the
League of Nations full statistical information as to the quantities and
destination of all arms and ammunition exported without licence.
CHAPTER II.
Import of Arms and Ammunition. Prohibited Areas and Zone of
Maritime Supervision.
Article 6.
The High Contracting Parties undertake, each as far as the terri
tory under its jurisdiction is concerned, to prohibit the importation of
the arms and ammunition specified in Articles 1 and 2 into the
following territorial areas, and also to prevent their importation and
transportation in the maritime zone defined below:
1. The whole of the Continent of Africa with the exception of
Algeria, Libya and the Union of South Africa.
Within this area are included all islands situated within a hundred
nautical miles of the coast, together with Prince’s Island, St. Thomas
Island and the Islands of Annobon and Socotra.
2. Transcaucasia, Persia, Gwadar, the Arabian Peninsula and
such continental parts of Asia as were included in the Turkish Empire
on August 4, 1914.
3. A maritime zone, including the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and the Sea of Oman, and bounded by a line drawn
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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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- Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'
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- 270r:287v
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