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565. File 1283/1913 Pt 1-2 ‘Persian Gulf: German Competition’
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- Abstract: The file is concerned with growing German competition to British trade in the Persian Gulf, and discussions around possible responses from the British authorities to protect Britain's trade and geopolitical interests. In particular, it is concerned with the joint workings of the Hamburg-America Line and Messrs R Wonckhaus and Company; British officials believe that the German firms are in receipt of subsidies from the German Government, which prevent British firms from competing with them on a commercial basis. Germany's new monopoly over the export of Belgium sugar from Antwerp to the Persian Gulf, her growing share of the export trade in barley and grain from Persia, and her inroads into the export trade from Manchester, being of particular concern to British planners.Much discussion in the file therefore centres on whether or not the British should introduce subsidies to assist British firms against their German counterparts. The principal firms discussed in the file are the British India Steam Navigation Company, Frank C Strick and Company, and various subsidiaries of Ellerman Lines. However, the file also covers the subject of lighterage (or lightering) across the Persian Gulf; this includes discussion over whether efforts should be made to facilitate the establishment of a British company to provide lighterage services across the Persian Gulf.The main correspondents are officials of the Board of Trade (mainly George J Stanley), the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Government of India; along with significant input from the Persian Gulf Political Resident (Sir Percy Cox, John Gordon Lorimer, and Stuart George Knox), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Walter Townley), HM Consul at Mohammerah (Lionel Haworth), HM Consul-General at Antwerp (Sir Cecil Hertslet), and Lord Inchcape (Kenneth Mackay).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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 336; 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 foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-333; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
566. File 619/1907 Pts 6-9 'Arms traffic:- Trucial Chief's. Debai Incident. French Dhows. Military Operations.'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises parts 6, 7, 8 and 9 of subject 619 Arms Traffic. The parts discuss actions taken in the Persian Gulf to suppress the illegal movement of arms and ammunition:Part 6: Searching of vessels in territorial waters of Trucial Chiefs; Position of Katr [Qatar];Part 7: Debai [Dubai] incident;Part 8: Seizure of French dhows Musaffaand Fath-el-Kheir;Part 9: Military Operations.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 294; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
567. File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.'
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- Abstract: The correspondence discusses the award of prize money to the officers and crews of British Naval vessels that had seized dhows containing arms and ammunition in the Persian Gulf.The correspondence discusses the values to be assigned to different types of arms and ammunition, and the decision by the Government of India to make a grant to the Admiralty from the Indian Revenues to cover the prize money owed for seizures from November 1910 to November 1912.The principal correspondents include the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (H W [Herbert William?] James, Allen Thomas Hunt, and James Charles Tancred); the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (George John Scott Warrender, Edmond John Warre Slade, Alexander Edward Bethell, and Richard Henry Peirse); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Secretary of State for India (John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, and Robert Crew-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); the Secretary to the Foreign Department of the Government of India (Spencer Harcourt Butler, Arthur Henry McMahon); the Secretary to the Marine Department of the Government of India (Ernest William Stuart King Maconchy, and William Riddell Bird); the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat (Robert Erskine Holland, Stuart George Knox); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); and representatives of the Admiralty, the Foreign Office and the India Office.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 210; 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, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
568. 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.
569. File 619/1907 Pt 4 'Arms Traffic: Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1909-1911).'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence regarding the decision by British authorities to establish a naval blockade along the Mekran coast in 1909, with the aim of suppressing arms trafficking in the Persian Gulf.The correspondence discusses the cost of a naval blockade, the availability of naval vessels, and the ongoing discussions on extending the blockade which was to be continued until March 1912.The principal correspondents in the volume include the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade); the Viceroy of India (Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, and Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the Secretary of State for India (John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Spencer Harcourt Butler); and representatives of the India Office and the Admiralty.Also included in the volume is correspondence with the Political Agent and Consul at Maskat [Muscat] (Robert Erskine Holland) regarding arms and ammunition being imported into Muscat, and the work of Edward Gelson Gregson, who was placed on special duty for the suppression of the arms traffic in the Persian Gulf.This is part 4 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 378; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 168-174 and ff 324-327 respectively; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled. Pagination: a pagination sequence, written in pencil, is present between ff 324-327.
570. File 619/1907 Pt 5 'Arms Traffic:- Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1912-1920).'
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- Abstract: The volume discusses the ongoing naval blockade in the Persian Gulf to suppress arms trafficking. The blockade continued through 1912 and 1913 before being ended in 1914.The volume also includes correspondence between representatives of the India Office, the Admiralty, and the Government of India regarding detailed statements of the cost of the blockade, and decisions regarding responsibility for paying for the additional vessels used throughout 1910 and 1911.The principal correspondents include the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade, Alexander Edward Bethell, and Richard Henry Peirse); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Marine Department (Malcolm Henry Stanley Grover); the Secretary of State for India (Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); and the Accountant-General at the India Office (Walter Badock).This is part 5 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 301; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
571. File 90/1913 Pt 1-2 'Persia and Persian Gulf: reductions in expenditure on agencies and consulates; Persia and Persian Gulf: reductions of pay on consular establishment'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises two parts discussing the reduction of consular costs in Persia and in the Persian Gulf:Part 1 discusses reductions in expenditure on agencies and consulates;Part 2 discusses reductions of pay on consular establishment.The volume comprises two parts: 1 and 2. Each 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.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 399; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
572. File 14/1 'Piracies & Irregularities at Sea'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation and prosecution of nine cases of piracy by the Political Agent, Kuwait. These cases concern attacks by Arab, Persian and Somali pirates, mainly on Kuwaiti cargo and passenger boats, their passengers and crew, in the Persian Gulf and off the coast of Somalia in East Africa, in breach of maritime regulations and peace treaties between Great Britain and her Protectorates which prohibited piracy. The main correspondents are all British officials: the Political Agent at Kuwait, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire and the British Vice-Consul at Lingah. The correspondence includes numerous witness statements made orally at the Political Agency in Kuwait and written down in English. The majority of the witnesses are surviving crew members and the owners of the attacked boats, as well as merchants and passengers who lost goods and possessions in the raids at sea. There are several Arabic documents in the file: notes, lists of suspects and stolen goods, receipts and correspondence, including a few letters exchanged between the Political Agent at Kuwait and the Ruler of Kuwait.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 303; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-300; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
573. File 1129/1918 'Bushire Trade Reports, (1917- )'
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- Abstract: The volume contains annual trade reports for the port of Bushire [Bushehr], beginning with fiscal year 1916-17 and ending with fiscal year 1924-25. The reports are authored by the Vice-Consul, Bushire, or by other staff of the Consulate or of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The reports contain information on: commodities traded; volume of trade; conditions affecting trade; comparisons with previous years; customs receipts; exchange rates; shipment rates; origins and destinations of goods; and nationality of vessels.The volume also contains correspondence and other papers related to the reports, including copies of two related reports: a Report on the Trade and Industry of Persia [Iran], written by the Commercial Secretary at the British Legation, Tehran, June 1923; and a Report on Economic Conditions in the Persian Gulf, written by the Vice-Consul, Bushire, April 1929.Four of the reports contain maps. The earliest two Bushire reports and the Report on the Trade and Industry of Persia contain maps of Persia (folios 292, 274 and 132 respectively) and the Report on Economic Conditions in the Persian Gulf contains a map of the Gulf (folio 17).As well as the Vice-Consul, the primary correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Department of Overseas Trade; and the Board of Trade.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 310; 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.
574. File 13/1 'SLAVERY: APPLICATIONS FOR MANUMISSION'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in Oman and applications for manumissions at the British consulate Muscat.The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 66; 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.
575. File 13/1 II 'Slavery in the Gulf'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in the Gulf and the demand for manumission.The file includes a table (folio 7) 'Manumission analysis for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, 1932-35'.Principal correspondents include the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for India; and the Political Agent, Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 66; 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, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
576. File 13/2 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY.'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to arms traffic between Iran and Muscat and associated activity such as piracy and slave running.The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 267; these numbers are printed, 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.