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'File 13/3 Arms Traffic' [89r] (177/608)
The record is made up of 1 volume (302 folios). It was created in 30 Mar 1909-17 Dec 1912. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Kowaii
bth ii:ay i^u
tbe atoaF-ar before 8he leavea# i4i y aoeptioisir aa to taa
intentions in my report last niiriit was j^atifiad for tais n m-
• inp /.’ban my clerK r ent over to acoompany ni 3 man 9 tao c>aoika
oracled out of it and refuse ' to sand and. confiscate the arms
witxicnt an border from t)>.e Sahib* for he had nothing to do
with the affair and t .a arms ;vera A renoh etc , etc. I wo :t
over to see him at ^nce ani fort n .tely took my file as ti.o
olerk nad told me that Uie iih^ikh was inolined to deny tho ox-
«act torna of the arrangomont h3 made with mo yesterday,
had tue sane arg nenta all ov^r again and apparently onlv con-
•vinced wuen x trantl^ldd d ok to hit parts of my report of
yesterday to yon and whon he admitted I had got it all accurate
-ly jijrf I .sked what sort of report I wa,s to send of his going
back on hia word to 1 3 ; he suggested what f could change the
I
report to ^oti if It had not yet l^ft the shore. It had so ti.'.3
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old gentleman caved In » He tried various other snbtof ges
but I at ck to my lino and he event? ally called in Abdul
«lah nephew and told h r before me that he was going
to confiscate t*.e arma , amnunltion etc which came by the
French boat . The dheikh is k ien to appear aa obeying the
British Oevt»a order in the affair , bnt I insisted on the oz^i-
-or urtsi come from him aa the Rnl r of ^owoxt . enroroing His
wwn T’roolamatien t whilst we are assisting him in his la.id able
endeavours# H© said to thxs boy before me ,f your are ry a b-
-joot , and my order ia upon you » tha aahibts man and r/y man
will go to your house together and take the arms etc landed
from the French sambnk . and it is by my order" As this was
eminently satisfactory i agreed to pass a recipt for the arms
tt£, UddCk-
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The file contains correspondence regarding arms traffic through Kuwait to Turkish territory, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Persia, and British measures prohibiting contraband.
The main correspondents are: the Ruler of Kuwait, Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ); the Foreign Office; Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, 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 Kuwait.
There are notes containing names of merchants dealing in firearms and ammunition in Kuwait and in Oman. The majority of the documents in the volume deals with a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. involved in arms trading in Muscat, flying the French flag; where the British request the French to intervene. The volume contains a copy of the 'Titre de Navigation' of the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , and extract of correspondence.
There are some documents in Arabic within the file, copies of letters from and to Shaikh Mubarak and receipts for arms and ammunition confiscated by the 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. , and some in French, copies of documents produced by the French Consulate in Muscat.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (302 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There is an index of names at the end of the volume (folio 303), which refers to names and pages which are not in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 304; 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. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel throughout; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are either not circled or crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/45
- Title
- 'File 13/3 Arms Traffic'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:29v, 31r:45v, 47r:55v, 58r:59v, 62r:103v, 105r:123v, 127r:132v, 134r:231v, 234r:303v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence