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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' [281r] (561/576)
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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must not be examined during the proceedings for the verification of
the flag unless the interested party consents thereto.
I he provisions as to the above-mentioned documents shall not
app!y to vessels only partially decked, having a maximum crew of ten
mien, and exclusively employed in fishing within territorial waters.
Article 14.
Authority to fly the flag of one of the High Contracting Parties
within the zone of maritime supervision specified in Article 6 (3) shall
be granted only to such native vessels as satisfy all the three following
conditions:
1. The owners must be nationals of the Power whose flag they
claim to fly.
2. They must furnish proof that they possess real estate in the
district of the authority to which their application is addressed, or
must supply a solvent security as a guarantee for any fines to which
they may become liable.
3. Such owners, as well us the captain of the vessel, must furnish
proof that they enjoy a good reputation, and especially that they have
never been convicted of illicit conveyance of the articles referred to
in the present Convention.
Ihe authorisation must be renewed every year. It shall contain
the indications necessary to identify the vessel, the name, tonnage,
type of rigging, principal dimensions, registered number, and signal
letters. It shall bear the date on which it was granted and the status
of the official who granted it.
The name of the native vessel and the amount of her tonnage
shall be incised and painted in Latin characters on the stern, and the
initial letters of the name of the port of registry, as well as the
registration number in the series of the numbers of that port, shall
,be painted in black on the sails.
Article 15.
Native vessels to which, under the provisions of the last paragraph
of Article 13, the regulations relating to the manifest of the cargo are
not applicable, shall receive from the territorial or consular autho
rities, as the case may be, a special licence, renewable annually and
revocable under the conditions provided for in Article 19.
This special licence shall show the name of the ves.sel, her descrip
tion, nationality, port of registry, name of captain, name of owner
and the waters in which she is allowed to sail.
Article 16
The High Contracting Parties agree to apply the following rules
in the maritime zone specified in Article 6 (3): —
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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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