File 619/1907 Pt 9 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf:- Military operations.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 619/1907 Pt 9 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf:- Military operations.'
- Date:
- 1911/1911
- Description:
- Abstract: The correspondence discusses military operations which took place on the Mekran [Makran] and Shibkah coasts to suppress the illicit trafficking of arms there.The operations included naval vessels landing troops who were instructed to cut off raiding parties who had succeeded in illegally landing arms, or who intended to cause damage to telegraph wires in the area (to prevent smuggling efforts from being reported to British and other authorities).The correspondence is primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the Secretary of State for India (Robert Crew-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 3, and terminates at f 49, as part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Military operations
- Geographic region:
- Mekran Coast
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100027673310.0x000002_ar
81055/vdc_100027673310.0x000002_en
IOR/L/PS/10/115/4
IOR/L/PS/10/115/4