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'File 8/1 Arms Traffic' [277r] (558/624)
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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centres for arms and ammunition traffic. In ~ilf i Muhamadl I bn
Rashid Is an active merchant, and in Bh&gra, Waar and Ali al
4aus /harmijit are purveyors. They buy rifles, from the quantity
always in circulation and available, for example mim replaced
by newer ones received oy individuals, from the Saudi Govern
ment, either in the form of a "service issue” to Royal servants
and soldiers, or as presents to Sh&ihha and other Bedouin
follower a of the Xing.
These qaeim merchant® also sell to qat&ris arid Omani a,
but meet arms go to Iraq by one of the many desert paths or one
of the six caravan routes in use to that frontier.
(d) They correspond with Kejefi merchants about their
trade, but apart from consignments, which are not great, there
is a continual drift of arms and ammunition towards Iraq through
the tribes, particularly at the time of the res toe* mg of the
Saudi bedouins in Iraq. Henrly every bedouin from Saudi Arabia
then brings 100 rounds for sale, as it is a convenient and
easily convertible a took on which there is profit.
(e) The main sources of ammunition supply to tribesmen
in Iraq are therefore (a) through the underpaid servants of Ibn
3aud and thenoe through Saudi tribesmen, and (b) from soldiers
of the Iraq army.
^ * T this letter with enclosures to
3 . I am sending a copy or tms ^
Metcalfe and to dm Gaury, without.
Yours sincerely,
sd.T.C.S’owle.
* ..nt under Printed letter So. 48-3 of the
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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.
- 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
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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