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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' [279r] (557/576)
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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53
/CrK
Any violation of these conditions shall be formally established in
the following manner:—
(a) If the importing State is a sovereign independent Power, the
proof of the violation shall be advanced by one or more of the Kepre-
sentatives accredited to it of contiguous States among the High Con-
tracting Parties. After the Representatives of the other contiguous
States have, if necessary, been informed, a joint enquiry into the
facts by all these Representatives will be opened, and if need be, the
importing State will be called upon to furnish explanations. If the
gravity of the case should so require, and if the explanations of the
importing State are considered unsatisfactory, the Representatives
will jointly notify the importing State that all transit licences in its
favour are suspended and that all future requests will be refused
until it shall have furnished new and satisfactory guarantees.
The forms and conditions of the guarantees provided by the
present Article shall be agreed upon previously by the Representatives
of the contiguous States among the High Contracting Parties. These
Representatives shall communicate to each other, as and when issued,
the transit licences granted by the competent authorities.
(b) If the importing State has been placed under the mandatory
system established by the League of Nations, the proof of the viola
tion shall be furnished by one of the High Contracting Parties or on
its own initiative by the Mandatory Power. The latter shall then
notify or demand, as the case may be, the suspension and future
refusal of all transit licences.
In cases where a violation has been duly proved, no further transit
licence shall be granted to the offending State without the previous
consent of the Council of the League of Nations.
If any proceedings on the part of the importing State or its
disturbed condition should threaten the public order of one of the
contiguous State signatories of the present Convention, the importa
tion in transit of arms, ammunition, material and articles intended
for armament shall be refused to the importing State by all the con
tiguous States until order has been restored.
CHAPTER IV.
Maritime Supervision.
Article 11.
Subject to any contrary provisions in existing special agreements,
or in future agreements, provided that in all cases such agreements
comply with the provisions of the present Convention, the sovereign
State or Mandatory Power shall carry out all supervision and police
measures within territorial waters in the prohibited areas and zone
specified in Article 6.
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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'
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- 270r:287v
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