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Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf' [43r] (85/576)
The record is made up of 1 file (286 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1929-3 Feb 1948. It was written in English. 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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Convention, if no authority to fly the flag is forthcoming,
or if, in spite of such authority, strong suspicion still
exists that the vessel is carrying on illicit traffic in
arms and araaunition, she rany he conducted to the nearest
port of the Power whose flag she has flown. No right of
search is given by the Convention.
2. By custom, however, native vessels within the
Red Sea may be searched for arms outside the territorial
waters of French and Italian colonies whatever flag they
may be flying, but all searches carried out should be
ostensibly for slaves tather than for anas. Searches in
the territorial waters of the Hejas proper should, however,
be conducted with great discretion and should not taice place
at all in the vicinity of important ports. If a native
vessel is found to be carrying a greater number of arms than
is necessary for the normal crew. It may be assumed that, in
the absence of a special license, they are doing so illegally
and any rifles or pistole (but not swords or daggers) in
excess of this number should be confiscated, but in the case
of a
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
which could prove Hejasi or Asiri origin no action
should be taken in the territorial waters of the Hejas proper
(as distinct from iisir), i*e., north of Dahban.
3. If any considerable quantity of arms is found on
board, or if there is a strong suspicion that the vessel is
engaged in illegal traffic in arras or aBasunition, the procedur«
laid down in ,nnox II, Section II of the ^nas Traffic Conven
tion is to be carried out in the case of vessels flying the
flag of one of the signatories to that convention or flying
no flag.
Subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph,
native vessels flying the flag of a country that is not a
*•/
signatory should be taken to Aden.
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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes relating to arms and slave traffic in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Principal correspondents include officials at 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. , Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and Admiralty. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from: the High Commissioner (later, Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ), Baghdad; the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division; the British Legation, Tehran; Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; Commander-in-Chief of HM Naval Forces, Mediterranean Station; British Legation, Jeddah, and the Board of Trade.
The majority of the file concerns the discussion of arms smuggling in the region, with a particular focus on the right of HM ships to search vessels for arms and slaves. Matters that are discussed include the following:
- Arms traffic across the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. into southern Persia, thought to be supplying the Qashqai rebellion taking place there
- Persian complaints about British sympathy for the Qashqai rebellion
- Revision of naval instructions concerning powers to search and detain vessels in the region
- Arms traffic into Palestine via Akaba [al-Aqaba].
Papers of note included in the file include the following:
- Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunition, and Protocol, signed September 10, 1919 (folios 270-287)
- Record of an interdepartmental meeting held at the Foreign Office on the 24 April to consider the instructions to be issued to the Senior Naval Officers in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , regarding the search by HM ships of Arabian, Persian, and Iraqi vessels for slaves and arms (folios 92-103).
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- 1 file (286 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 287; 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.
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- Coll 34/7 'Slavery: Slave Traffic and Gun-running: Right of search by H. M. ships in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:246r, 247v:256v, 259r:259v, 266r:269v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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