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397. File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.'
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- Abstract: The volume discusses the work of British political and naval authorities in the Persian Gulf in suppressing the trafficking arms and ammunition, particularly from Muscat to Koweit [Kuwait]. Included are reports of searches undertaken on vessels suspected of trafficking of arms, including inventories of seized goods, and records of land attacks undertaken on arms depots and caches along the Gulf coastline.The later correspondence discusses the discovery of arms and ammunitions being smuggled into Koweit within cases of loaf sugar (sugarloaf), and attempts to identify those responsible for sending and receiving the smuggled goods.The principal correspondents include the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Arnold Kemball, and Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat (William George Grey, and Frank McConaghey); the Political Agent at Kuwait (Stuart George Knox, and William Henry Irvine Shakespear); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Sir Louis William Dane, and Spencer Harcourt Butler); the Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and India (Lord George Francis Hamilton, William St John Fremantle Brodrick, John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn); the Viceroy of India; the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade, and Richard Henry Peirse); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Marine Department (Malcolm Henry Stanley Grover); the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (Victor Gallafent Gurner, Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall, and James C Tancard); and representatives of the Foreign Office, the India Office and the Admiralty.This is part 3 of 10. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 358; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Condition: The spine has become detached and has been placed in a plastic sleeve and placed after the last folio of the volume. It has been foliated with the number 357.
398. File 868/1912 Pt 1 'Arms traffic: arrangements at Muscat for its regulation'
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- Abstract: The volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and a press cutting relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.Issues discussed include:negotiations between the Foreign Office, India Office and the Sultan of Muscat for supervision of arms exports from Muscat by creation of a bonded warehouse;the Sultan of Muscat's proposed arrangements for regulating the sale of arms;the Foreign Office's approval of the Sultan of Muscat's draft notifications and conditions and a proposal on communicating these notifications to the Press;the 1844 Franco-Muscat Treaty and the 1862 Anglo-French declaration which guaranteed France's right to trade with Muscat;Anglo-French diplomacy on the matter involving the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs;correspondence between the French Consul, Muscat and the Sultan of Muscat;Authorisation for British naval ships to board dhows flying the French flag if requested by the Sultan of Muscat;implementation of the new rules involving the removal of arms and ammunition to a warehouse;formal protests by French subjects against the regulations.The file includes two press cuttings: from the Times (f 182) and a French newspaper (f 178).The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox;the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; the Political Agent at Muscat; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty; the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.The volume is part 1 of 7. The part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (f 2).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first flyleaf with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 225; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
399. File 868/1912 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: arrangements at Muscat for its regulation'
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- Abstract: The volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and a press cutting relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.Issues discussed include:negotiations between the United Kingdom and France over possible trade-offs in India and Africa for France agreeing to cede its rights in connection with trade and Muscat;the approval of rules concerning the warehouse for ammunition;The proposed retention of ammunition lying uncleared in the Muscat Customs House on 1 September when the new rules came into force;The 1905 Declaration between the United Kingdom and France respecting Egypt and Morocco (ff 110-119);Anglo-French diplomacy on the matter involving the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs;correspondence between the French Consul, Muscat and the Sultan of Muscat.The file includes a press cuttings: from The Times(f 164) 'The Arms Traffic and Muscat: Protest, by French Firms', 13 September 1912.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; the Political Agent at Muscat; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.The volume is part 2 of 7. The part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (f 2).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first flyleaf with 1 and terminates at the last flyleaf with 215; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
400. File 868/1912 Pt 3 'Arms traffic: arrangements at Muscat for its regulation'
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- Abstract: The volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and two press-cuttings relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.Issues discussed include:French proposals regarding the suspension of the Sultan of Muscat's regulations. The approval of rules concerning the warehouse for ammunition;French schemes to evade the Sultan of Muscat's regulations by trans-shipment;instructions for H M Ambassador in Paris on the question of compensation for stock laid up in bonded warehouses;Anglo-French diplomacy and negotiations for an exchange of interests and payment of compensation for armaments confiscated;assurances to the French Government that no confiscation will take place pending arbitration if it is entered into;enquiry from the Foreign Office on continuing export of armaments;weekly naval reports from the Gulf, Trucial Coast and Katr [Qatar].The file includes two press cuttings on folio 164: from the Daily Mail('Britain and France. French Cruiser for Muscat. The Traffic in Arms.' 28 November 1912) and from The Daily Telegraph('France and Muscat: An Unfounded Report', 13 September 1912).The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; the Political Agent at Muscat; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the French Consul at Muscat; the Residency Agent at Sharjah, Khan Bahadur Sheikh Abdul Latif; HM Consul at Basrah; the First Assistant Resident, Captain R L Birdwood; the Chief of Shargah [Sharjah], Shaikh Sagar bin Khaled.The volume is part 3 of 7. The part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (f 2).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 159; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the one leading flyleaf.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 99-159; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
401. File 868/1912 Pt 6 'Arms traffic: Muscat Trade. Compensation for French dealers at Muscat.'
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- Abstract: This part of the volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and two press-cuttings relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.Issues discussed include:new regulations to prevent the sale of arms in Muscat without the knowledge of the end-user;French schemes to evade the Sultan of Muscat's regulations by trans-shipment;proposals for the compensation of French arms dealers and the different views of the Treasury, Government of India and the Foreign Office thereon;Anglo-French diplomacy and proposed purchase of stocks at Muscat and Jibuti;value of weapons stock held in the Warehouse and disposals of the stocks after compilation of inventory.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; the Political Agent at Muscat; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; the Board of Trade; the Colonial Office.The volume includes two statistical tables, 'Inventory of arms and ammunition in French Private Warehouses in Maskat' (ff 230-232; 236-237).The volume is part 6 of 7. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 278; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
402. File 868/1912 Pt 7 'Arms Traffic: Muscat Arms. - Disposal of. Sample Arms from Muscat. French stocks at Muscat.'
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- Abstract: This part of the volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and two press cuttings relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.Issues discussed include:acquisition from French dealers at Muscat of sample rifles and ammunition from the Gulf;disposal of the sample arms sent home from Muscat and their availability to collectors dealers;methods of disposing of the French dealers' stocks of arms at Jibuti [Djibouti] and Muscat after purchase;request of Monsieur Louis Dieu that purchased stocks may be removed from his premises;proposed utilisation of Muscat arms stocks in the 'Anglo-German War'.The volume includes two statistical tables, 'Inventory of arms and ammunition in French Private Warehouses in Maskat' (ff 96-98; 91-92).The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; the Political Agent at Muscat (Stuart George Knox; Robert Arthur Edward Benn); the Viceroy; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; the War Office; HM Paymaaster General;The volume is part 7 of 7. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 250; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
403. File 868/1912 Pt 4 and 5 'ARMS TRAFFIC: MUSCAT REGULATIONS. MENASCHE FRAUD.'
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- Abstract: This part of the volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and two press cuttings relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.Issues discussed include:the suspension of the Sultan's regulations pending arbitration and the Foreign Office's response to a French proposal;French schemes to evade the Sultan of Muscat's regulations by trans-shipment;amendment for rule 5 of the Muscat Warehouse regulations;Anglo-French diplomacy and proposed cession of territory in neighbourhood of Pondicherry;value of weapons stock held in the Warehouse and disposals of the stocks after compilation of inventory;negotiations with the French over compensation and agreement concluded on 14 February 1914 through an exchange of notes;arrangements to delay publication of agreement until after elections in France;enquiry from Belgian Ministries concerning the Brussels Conference 1908-09;the French 'Yellow Book' on the Muscat Arms Traffic Question (ff 72-107);the request by the French Consul for permission for Menache, a French arms dealer to ship a portion of arms and ammunition in the Muscat warehouse to Europe or Djibouti;discussions between the Foreign Office and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; the Political Agent at Muscat; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; the Board of Trade; the Colonial Office.The volume is part 3 of 7. The part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (f 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 282; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the one ending flyleaf.
404. File 1173/1914 ‘Muscat:- financial affairs. Loans to the Sultan.’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the financial affairs of the Muscat (Maskat) state. It includes correspondence concerning loans from the British Government to the Sultan of Muscat, reports on the financial position of Muscat, and financial statements for the Muscat state, such as estimates of revenue and expenditure, and statements of actual revenue and expenditure.The main correspondents are as follows:The India Office and the Viceroy of India, Foreign Department.The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India Foreign Department.The Government of India Foreign Department and the Political Agent and HBM Consul, Maskat [Muscat].The India Office and the Foreign Office.The Political Agent and HBM Consul, Maskat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (and the Deputy Political Resident).The file also includes India Office minute papers and India Office internal notes (between John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Sir Thomas William Holderness, and others).The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 305; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
405. File 1595/1921 'Arms traffic: Muscat and Persian Gulf. Monthly Returns of Shipments. (1921- '
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the monthly returns of arms shipments in Muscat and the Persian Gulf, 1921 to November 1930.Included in the volume are copies of the returns, which consist of tables with the title, for example: 'RETURN OF LICENSES ISSUED FOR THE EXPORT OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO MUSCAT AND PORTS IN THE PERSIAN GULF DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 1930'. Each table has a column with licence number, consignor, port of landing, consignee and description of goods. Each report is accompanied by a letter from the Imports and Exports Licensing Section, Board of Trade, London, to the Under Secretary of State for India, enclosing a 'statement, in duplicate, furnishing particulars of the licenses granted for the export of prohibited arms and ammunition to the destination in question during the month of ...'The armaments recorded include: cartridges, shotguns, automatic pistols, machine gun parts, and revolvers. Consignees include the Government of Iraq and merchants in Iraq.The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Imports and Exports Licensing Section, Board of Trade, London; the Custom House, London; the Viceroy, India; and the Secretary of State for India, London.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 482; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
406. File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’
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- Abstract: This volume mainly contains copies of printed monthly summaries of news (Bushire Residency Diary entries) received by the British Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and India Office Political Department minute papers prefacing and commenting on the news summaries.The news summaries cover the period January 1921 to December 1925 (there is no summary for February 1921). Summaries from January 1925 to July 1925 cover fortnightly rather than monthly periods. The summaries were compiled by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Prescott Trevor, Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Stuart George Knox, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Gilbert Crosthwaite, respectively).The summaries cover areas in Persia [Iran] including: Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Dizful [Dezful], Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Ispahan (Isfahan), Shiraz, Behbehan [Behbahān], Bushire, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Kerman, Mekran [Makran], Shushtar, Bakhtiari, and Lingah. They also cover Muscat, the Trucial Coast, Bahrain, and Kuwait.The summaries cover various subjects, including: movements of British officials, Persian Officials, non-officials, and foreigners; health; Persian ports; arms traffic; military affairs; the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the Shaikh of Mohammerah; and roads.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 237; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
407. File 234/1917 'Muscat trade reports. (1911-1924)'
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- Abstract: The volume contains copies of the annual trade report on the trade and commerce of Muscat [Muscat and Oman] for the years 1911-12 to 1923-24 inclusive (except 1917-18 and 1920-21). The reports were prepared by the Political Agent and HBM's Consul, Muscat, and forwarded to the Government of India.Each report includes an introduction giving general information concerning the state, and summaries of imports and exports; statistical tables of imports and exports, subdivided into principal commodities, and countries imported from/exported to; and returns of shipping. Principal imports include arms and ammunition, cereals, paints and colours, precious stones and metals, provisions, textile fabrics, tobacco, and miscellaneous; principal exports include cereals, fish, fruits, paints and colours, provisions, cotton goods, tobacco, and miscellaneous. The reports show some manuscript annotations, and the volume also contains some minutes and correspondence.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 207; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
408. File 2794/1921 Pt 5-5A 'OIL QATAR AND MUSCAT'
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- Abstract: The volume is comprised of two parts (IOR/L/PS/10/994/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/994/2) and contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports and notes relating to the development of oil concessions in Qatar and Oman.IOR/L/PS/10/994/1 consists of memoranda, letters, and correspondence concerning the development of an oil concession for Qatar. Correspondence discusses the form of wording to be used in responding to a request from the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited to contact the Shaikh of Qatar [Shaikh Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani] concerning oil exploitation in his territory. Also discussed are the terms of the British agreement with the Shaikh of Qatar to defend against attack from land and relations between the Shaikh of Qatar and Ibn Saud. IOR/L/PS/10/994/2 consists of memoranda, letters, and correspondence concerning the development of an oil concession for Muscat. Topics discussed include negotiations with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company for an oil concession in Muscat. Also included (ff 268-279) is a copy of the agreement between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal], and the D'Arcy Exploration Company Limited on an oil concession for Muscat.The principal correspondents are: the Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, London; the India Office, (John Gilbert Laithwaite); the Admiralty; an official of the Petroleum Department, Mines Department (F C Starling); and the Secretary of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited (H T Adams).Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 338; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence between ff 2-260, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.