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'Selection from Correspondence Relative to the Traffic in Arms in the Persian Gulf, 1897-98. Part II' [45v] (36/52)
The record is made up of 1 file (26 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1898. 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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him to arrange that the whole of the 250 guns should be given to his (the
Moin s) nephew the Nazim Tujar, on credit, and the said Mointujar promised
to the said Mahmoud Ibn Hajee Baker 100
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
to arrange this matter.
Mahmoud saw Mr. Muir who meantime had received an offer of cash in
advance from another Persian merchant. Mr. Muir sent a message to
Mointujar that he was open to give him the 250 guns but for cash in
advance.^ The Moin replied that he had only Krans 15,000 to advance.
Negotiations with the Mointujar then ceased, he neither being able to pay
cash or to give any but a verbal guarantee from His Highness the Hissam-i-
Sultani.
The 250 rifles had meantime been landed from the “ Zulu ” at Muscat,
but were ordered by Livingstone, Muir, and Company to be re-shipped to
Bushire, the above-mentioned merchant having made 40,000 krans payment
in advance, and having contracted to take all consequences of seizure, and
the guns were ultimately landed in Bushire by him.
(Signed) Livingstone, Muir, & Co.
No. 16.
Enclosure in Foreign Office Letter of 30th June 1898.
Sir M. Durand, Tehran, to Foreign Office, dated 30th June 1898.
(Telegraphic.)
Political No. 77. My telegram, No. 74.* Besident at Bushire, who is now at
No. 2089/98. # ^ Shiraz, telegraphs that report from
Bushire in reply to inquiry does not
indicate importation. I hear from English mercantile sources that there
is no foreign import.
No. 17.
Question in House of Commons, 4th July 1898.
Importation of Arms into Persia.
In answer to Captain Grice-Hutchinsqn (Aston-Manor),
Mr. Curzon said,—As my honourable friend will see, the prohibition of the
import of arms into Persia can only be the act of the Persian Government.
In the case of the other Governments possessing territories on or in the
neighbourhood of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, viz., the Government of India and the
Turkish Government, a similar prohibition exists, whilst it is also being
enforced in their own territories by the Sultan of Muscat and the Sheikh of
Bahrein. If, however, my honourable friend desires by his question to ask
whether the prohibition enacted by the Persian Government is being equally
enforced against arms of other than British origin, I may inform him that
special inquiries have been made on the subject, and we learn by telegraph
that the prohibition is universal, and that the import of foreign, no less than
of British, arms has ceased.
No. 18.
Enclosure in Foreign Office Letter of 7th July 1898.
Foreign Office to Baron Whettnall.
Foreign Office,
7th July 1898.
Political I have the honourpo acknowledge the receipt of your note of the
No. 2101/98. 24th ultimo, relative to certain consignments of arms which have been
despatched to Persia by Belgian firms on board British vessels, and which
have been seized in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
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This file contains a selection of correspondence and enclosures compiled by 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. Political and Secret Department relating to arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from 1897-98.
Correspondents include: 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 Consul at Maskat [Muscat], the 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. , the Foreign Office, the Viceroy of India, the Board of Customs, the Consul-General for Fars, the Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran, 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. , the Government of India, the Secretary of State for India, and various British merchant companies.
The following topics are discussed:
- the seizure of arms on board SS Baluchistan ;
- an assessment of the current situation regarding arms traffic and steps recently taken for its suppression;
- British and Persian firms engaged in the arms trade;
- the confiscation of arms at Bushire;
- Persian prohibition, and British interests in coming to agreement with the Persian Government and assisting in enforcing Persian regulations;
- methods of trade;
- policy for the future;
- the registration of arms and ammunition;
- the case of Fracis Times & Co. v. The Sea Insurance Company (Limited)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 28, and terminates at f 53, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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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- 'Selection from Correspondence Relative to the Traffic in Arms in the Persian Gulf, 1897-98. Part II'
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- 45v
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