'File 13/3 Arms Traffic'

Title:

'File 13/3 Arms Traffic'

Date:

1909/1912

Description:

Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding arms traffic through Kuwait to Turkish territory, the Persian Gulf and Persia, and British measures prohibiting contraband.The main correspondents are: the Ruler of Kuwait, Mubarak us Subah (Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ); the Foreign Office; Percy Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agent in Kuwait.There are notes containing names of merchants dealing in firearms and ammunition in Kuwait and in Oman. The majority of the documents in the volume deals with a dhow involved in arms trading in Muscat, flying the French flag; where the British request the French to intervene. The volume contains a copy of the 'Titre de Navigation' of the dhow, and extract of correspondence.There are some documents in Arabic within the file, copies of letters from and to Shaikh Mubarak and receipts for arms and ammunition confiscated by the Political Agent, and some in French, copies of documents produced by the French Consulate in Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 304; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel throughout; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are either not circled or crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Oman

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003c8_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003c8_en
IOR/R/15/5/45
IOR/R/15/5/45

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