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'File 8/1 Arms Traffic' [271r] (546/624)
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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D.O. No.O-
Politloel •“gency,
Kuvjb it.
22nd December 1938.
My de£;r Johnson,
Will you refer to yoor domi-officia 1 letter
No.l/ES/43/2 of the 30th November, 1939.
My cements are as follows:-
(a) The bribes seem very high.
(b) ^ Abu Khalaf . n
The very junior Customs official at J&hra has quite
a different name and has no son ca^ed Kb ala f.
Lorries and cars go with lucerne and vegetable from
jahare to Kuwait, and out again with tea, sugar, and everything
required by the Bedouins, who camp at Jahara in the summer end
restock. Their couched o&iaels and waiting loads might be
mistaken by an uninstructed person for a "smugglers* caravan"
about to deper t.
(o) " Abdul Latif Shamlanh .
Both separately are good Kuwaiti ntaes, but It so
happen tint there is no one of this name, except, and thin vm
only found out after ittos t oareful enquiry, a very ooncure
individual, who has no clerks.
(d) "Abdul oadlr and NurIT ,
described as clerks to Abdul
Latif Shamlan.
There are three known clerks called Abdul qadir.
None of them is employed by an *bdul Latif, or by
a Shamlan, or by an Abdul totif Shamlan.
W o are employed by members of the Counoil, one by
a sheikh.
There is no known clerk Nuri.
(o)/
Flight Lieutenant D.V. Johnson,
Air Liaison Offioo***
Basra.
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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.
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- 1 file (308 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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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
- Title
- 'File 8/1 Arms Traffic'
- Pages
- 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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