File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [103r] (216/448)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1916-1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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Buie 13—On the production of the weapons as directed in accordance
with the provisions of Eule 12 (<?), the Warehouse Superintendent shall pro
ceed to satisfy himself that the weapon is duly marked on the barrel with the
official mark of the Arms Warehouse and on the butt with the serial number
of issue. If it is found not to be so marked, the Superintendent shall, after
marking the weapon with the marks and number of the Arms Warehouse
refer the question of the legality of possession of the weapon to me for orders!
The burden of proving that the weapon was innocently come by and not in
infringement of the rules of the Arms Warehouse, will lie on the owner and
should he fail to prove innocent possession, the weapon shall be liable to con
fiscation.
Bide Id .—(Not in force.)
Buie 15. —To meet the needs of traders who may desire to expose in their
shops a sample of arms and ammunition for sale, a trader’s license in form E
Arabic form ( ) can be procured by them from the Warehouse Superin
tendent. A trader holding such a license will be permitted to withdraw from
the Arms Warehouse one sample weapon of every kind of which he may have
stock lying in the Arms Warehouse under the provision of Rules 1 and 4, 7
and 8 aforesaid together with 200 rounds of ammunition per sample weapon.
This stock of ammunition may be renewed under the trader’s license twice a year
on the personal guarantee of the trader that it is not for sale hut merely
“ practice ammunition.
Buie 16 .—The Warehouse Superintendent shall have power to frame
rules for the charge and collection of Warehouse charges not exceeding 2 per
cent, per mensem ad valorem on all arms and ammunition or parts thereof
stored in the Arms Warehouse and for the discharge of such obligations, when
over one month in arrears, by the appropriation to the State of an equivalent
portion of the offending goods.
Bide 17 .—The Warehouse Superintendent shall frame rules to be approved
by me regulating the transfer between traders of arms, ammunition or parts
thereof stored in the Arms Warehouse except (1) that no such transfer shall
be valid without the consent of the traders concerned ; (2) that it shall be
reduced to writing and subject to the certificate of the Warehoue Superin
tendent to be confirmed by me that all charges leviable under these rules
have been fully paid; (3) that it shall be duly registered by the Warehouse
Superintendent; and (4) that the fees to be charged for the registration of any
such transfer shall not exceed RIO for each such transfer.
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The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by the Government of India in 1919 and comprise: the Trucial Treaties to January 1906, Treaties with Rulers of Kuwait from 1841 to 1913, Treaties with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat from 1845 to 1914, Undertakings with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman from 1911 to 1912, Treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah from 1899 to 1919 and Treaties with the Rulers of Bahrain from 1820 to 1914. In addition, there is a separate Foreign Office ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ made in 1916, which contains at Appendix A, the English text of the treaty made with the Ruler of Qatar in 1916. The treaty compilations are published in English and Arabic, except for the treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah, which are published in English and Persian.
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- 1 volume (222 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2902 (Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 216; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/606
- Title
- File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
- Pages
- 100r:106r, 107v:114r
- Author
- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī
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- Public Domain