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'File 8/1 Arms Traffic' [103r] (210/624)
The record is made up of 1 file (308 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1925-22 Apr 1939. 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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Extract from Political
Telegram Uo.cPA No.324 of 10 th Nov^her 19
^ ^• sno. repeated to Na^J;.dad.
Ageist , haw a it f s > t
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So, a ddre^ded
'^S
S. 'e then while admitting a great decrease in
snuggling mentioned the increase in gun running.
*-* x point ed out that having looked at my papers
I h d found this had been said at intervals in the last
year or sc , notably by fassin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, but no evidence
had been produced to substantiate what would by nov be
a flood, of aims. If there were you would take a most
serious view of it.
4. Nis Nxcelle n cy s a id he wo u 1c t el eg rap h t o
«
Baghdad from Niyadh to ask if any evidence dould be.
produ ced.
5. The Minister at tils point showed the t he thoug-
ght there was no control over arms in the Gulf end
appeared surprised that steamers could not lane arms
vi th out oe r missi on.
o. what he said now troubled him only was the
Hut a sarr if * s r ep or t th at the ohai kh he d r e c ent ly
0 * 8 .th ered hi^ people and tola them the t his rsstri Colon
on arms expert to Xrac^ last opring ’as new ctuicellec
and encouraged them to export again.
1
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a y. ^ * f :
g ^ ppic morning however he said that after a
discussion with the shaikh lie was convinced the iautasairiflj
report and other reports about anas smugpling were entire
-ly erroneous and as soon as he reached -Says dh he -oulc
telegraph to Baghdad to say so and that the Buler ted
said he was quite willing to re-emphasise by public
notice his forbid c an c e of arms ex oo r t m • ich wa s. a £ s ^
satisfactory and would make the o^omc ^ I-PP^
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This file contains correspondence between the various Political Agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. at Bushire, the ruler of Kuwait, and various other officials on the arms trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Most of the papers pertain to a broad attempt to control the illegal trade in arms. The correspondents speculate and investigate the manufacture of arms- and the geographic origins, smuggling routes, and identities of intermediaries involved in the arms trade. Most of the trade occurs between the Arab ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , southern Iraq, and the ports of the Persian side of the Gulf, but particularly the Makran coast.
Of note is a widespread investigation into the theft of arms from the Iraqi Army carried into the Arabian Peninsula by way of Bedouin tribesmen.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (308 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- 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 310; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore 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/15/5/308
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- 'File 8/1 Arms Traffic'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:20v, 22r:25v, 27r:35v, 37r:47v, 49r:55v, 57r:88v, 90r:94v, 96r:152v, 154r:163v, 165r:166v, 168r:168v, 170r:177v, 179r:309v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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