Coll 7/21 'Persian Gulf: Arms Traffic Proclamation and Notification of 1898, by the rulers of Muscat, Bahrain and Koweit [Kuwait]'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 7/21 'Persian Gulf: Arms Traffic Proclamation and Notification of 1898, by the rulers of Muscat, Bahrain and Koweit [Kuwait]'
- Creator:
- Author: Royal Navy, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
- Date:
- 1933/1935
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns the negotiations at the Geneva Disarmament Conference, and British concerns over the rights of Britain and Persia [Iran] to search ships and dhows of the Trucial Coast states within territorial waters.The file opens with a communication from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Government of India Foreign Secretary, remarking on the on-going negotiations and raising the subject of the powers granted to Britain and Persia in the 1898 Proclamations and Notifications issued by the rulers of Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait. The Resident suggested that the orders could be amended or rescinded, in order to remove the Persian right to search vessels in territorial waters.The rest of the file contains correspondence thereon between the India Office Political Department and the Admiralty, plus reports by the Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of seeking to amend the proclamations.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references found within the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 16; 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 file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Weapons
- Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002d8_ar
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002d8_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2189
IOR/L/PS/12/2189