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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' [278r] (555/576)
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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51
1. No person may keep a warehouse for arms or ammunition
without a licence.
2. Any person licensed to keep a warehouse for arms or ammuni
tion must reserve for that special purpose enclosed premises having
only one entry, provided with two locks, one of which can be opened
only by the officers of the Government.
The person in charge of a warehouse shall be responsible for all
arms or ammunition deposited therein and must account for them on
demand. For this purpose all deposits or withdrawals shall be
entered in a special register, numbered and initialled. Each entry
shall be supported by references to the official documents authorising
such deposits or withdrawals.
3. No transport of arms or ammunition shall take place without a
special licence.
4. No withdrawal from a private warehouse shall take place
except under licence issued by the local Authority on an application
stating the purpose for which the arms or ammunition are required,
and supported by a licence to carry arms or by a special permit for
the purchase of ammunition. Every arm shall be registered and
stamped; the Authority in charge of the control shall enter on the
licence to carry arms the mark stamped on the weapon.
5. No one shall without authority transfer to another person
either by gift or for any consideration any weapon or ammunition
which he is licensed to possess.
Article 9.
In the prohibited areas and zone specified in Article 6 the manu
facture and assembling of arms or ammunition shall be prohibited,
except at arsenals established by the local Government or, in the
case of countries placed under tutelage, at arsenals established by
the local Government, under the control of the mandatory Power, for
the defence of its territory or for the maintenance of public order.
No arms shall be repaired except at arsenals or establishments
licensed by the local Government for this purpose. No such licence
shall be granted without guarantees for the observance of the rules
of the present Convention.
Article 10.
Within the prohibited areas specified in Article 6, a State which
is compelled to utilise the territory of a contiguous State for the
importation of arms or ammunition, whether complete or in parts, or
of material or of articles intended for armament, shall be authorised
on request to have them transported across the territory of such
State.
It shall, however, when making any such request, furnish
guarantees that the said articles are required for the needs of its own
Government, and will at no time be sold, transferred or delivered
for private use nor used in any way contrary to the interests of the
High Contracting Parties.
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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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- 270r:287v
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