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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/10 Place Mekran Coast, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/10/101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/101
Title:
File 2869/1906 Pt 1 'Arms Traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. (correspondence 1906-7)'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly by British Consular officers, reporting on the arms traffic along the Mekran coast and Baluchistan. Their correspondence contains numerous reports, such as that discussing the illicit traffic of arms. Correspondents include Sir Harold Arthur D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1907
Extent:
1 volume (284 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/102
Title:
File 2869/1906 Pt 2 'Arms traffic: Mekran Coast and Baluchistan. Correspondence (1908-9)'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses the arms traffic on the Mekran coast and Baluchistan. The volume includes reports on the importation of arms from Muscat and measures taken by the British to curtail the trade. The reports were authored by the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1909
Extent:
1 volume (286 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/113
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 4 'Arms Traffic: Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1909-1911).'
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1909-1 Dec 1911
Extent:
1 volume (378 folios)