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1. 'The Illicit Trade in Arms and Ammunition Between the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan'
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- Abstract: The file consists of notes and appendices providing a history of the arms trade up to 1908, prepared by C M Gibbon of the Persian Section of the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, Government of India.A preface is included by Wilfrid Malleson, Division of Chief of General Staff, India.It discusses: the monetary value of the arms trade, attempts to stop the import of arms into Persia, reported trade routes, import and export figures, the types of rifles and ammunition imported, and firms connected with arms traffic.The appendices include the following:an outline of the scheme inaugurated by Mr New of the Indo-European Telegraph Department for the prevention of illicit arms trade on the Makran Coast;lists of arms caravans known to have made their way from the Makran Coast into Afghan territory;a precis of the action taken by the Persian Government to prohibit arms caravans through South-East Persia;statistics for the value of arms and ammunition openly imported in the Masqat [Muscat] and Persian Gulf ports, monthly exports from the United Kingdom, imports into Masqat by foreign vessels, distribution from Masqat to Persian and Arabian Coasts, and the proportion of various forms of rifles and ammunition imported monthly;a statement of the departures for and arrivals at Masqat of vessels carrying arms and ammunition, and European firms connected with Masqat arms traffic.Also includes one map on folio 17: 'PLAN TO ILLUSTRATE ROUTES TAKEN BY ARMS CARAVANS BETWEEN THE MAKRAN COAST and the AFGHAN BORDER'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 18; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
2. 'Centre & Western end of Masqat Town with part of the Harbour.'
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- Abstract: Black and white print of a photograph of an aerial view of the centre and western end of Masqat [Muscat]. No date is given. However, the photograph was first published in the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia(i.e. the Geographical and Statisticalsection) in 1908, and this print is identical to the one found in that volume. The photograph is attributed to Major Percy Zachariah Cox.Physical description: Materials: Black and white print on paperDimensions: 98 x 148mm, on sheet 132 x 183mm
3. File 3784/1916 ‘War: Persia German Consular Archives’
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- Abstract: The volume mostly consists of translated copies of selected records from the German Consulate at Bushire, Persia [Iran]. These records largely consist of correspondence of the German Consulate at Bushire with the German Imperial Chancellor in Berlin and the German Legation at Tehran, dated 1899 to 1914. The records are divided into six sets of papers: set I, relating to Koweit [Kuwait]; set II, relating to Masqat [Muscat]; set III, labelled ‘Miscellaneous papers of importance (re status of German consulate Bushire etc.etc.)’; set IV, ‘Political Papers 1913’; set V ‘Political Archives 1913 (Continued)’; and set VI, ‘Political 1913 (Continuation & Conclusion)’.The file also includes: India Office Secret Department Minute Paper covering sheets for the correspondence; and some correspondence of 1917 between Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Secretary of the India Office Political Department, and the Imperial Bank of Persia, in relation to a passage in a despatch from the German Consul at Bushire regarding the Bank reportedly being willing to do business with the German company Wonckhaus (also spelled as Wonkhaus in the 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 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 281; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated.