Selection from Correspondence Relative to the Traffic in Arms in the Persian Gulf, 1897-98. Part I
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This file contains a selection of correspondence and enclosures compiled by the India Office Political and Secret Department relating to arms traffic in the Persian Gulf from 1897-98. Correspondents include: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Marquess of Salisbury, the Secretary of Stat...
Selection from Correspondence Relative to the Traffic in Arms in the Persian Gulf, 1897-98. Part II
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This file contains a selection of correspondence and enclosures compiled by the India Office Political and Secret Department relating to arms traffic in the Persian Gulf from 1897-98. Correspondents include: the Political Agent and Consul at Maskat [Muscat], the Political Resident in the Persia...
This file consists of a memorandum written by William Lee-Warner, Secretary to the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, it concerns the arms trade in the Persian Gulf from 1881-98. The following topics are covered: Persian prohibition of the trade in arms and ammunition with Pe...
Extracts of articles in the 'Oesterreichische Monatsschrift für den Orient' on trade in the Levant and Central Asia (free translation) 1875-1877
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(i) Impediments to Austrian trade with the Levant. Dr Carl von Scherzer, Jan 1875; (ii) Aleppo as a centre for the North Syrian trade. J von Zwiedinek, Feb 1875; (iii) Russian trade in Turkestan H Vamb Èry, Jun 1875; (iv) Importance of Mersina as a port for Austrian trade with the south-eastern d...
The file consists of a letter from Henry Mortimer Durand, Minister at Tehran to the Foreign Office, introducing an enclosure from Captain Percy Molesworth Sykes regarding the proposed telegraph line from Kerman to India, dated 22 September 1898. Sykes details the potential starting points for the...
Arms Traffic in Persian Gulf. Supply of information by exporters to the Custom authorities
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The file consists of a letter from Richard Thomas Prowse, Secretary to the Board of Customs, to the Under Secretary of State for India concerning the question of whether the Customs Consolidation Act 1876, empowers the Board of Customs to require, under penalty, names of suppliers and consignees...
Report on the proposed Orders in Council for Persia and the States in the Persian Gulf
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The file consists of a report on British consular jurisdiction in Persia and the territories bordering the Persian Gulf by Sir P Francis, and Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball. It includes the following: treaty limitations on jurisdiction; civil and criminal jurisdiction in Persia; an assessment of d...
The file consists of a letter concerning British interests in the Persian Gulf by William Lee-Warner of the Foreign Office. It questions if interests are clearly defined and reviews former declarations of policy made by the India Office. It includes the following: the attitude of the India Offi...