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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Arms control Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/114
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 5 'Arms Traffic:- Persian Gulf - Blockade (correspondence 1912-1920).'
Scope & Content:
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 In...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1912-15 Feb 1921
Extent:
1 volume (301 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/115
Title:
File 619/1907 Pts 6-9 'Arms traffic:- Trucial Chief's. Debai Incident. French Dhows. Military Operations.'
Scope & Content:
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]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 Sep 1910-15 Apr 1913
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/116
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 10 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf. Prize Money for captures in Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
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 b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1908-24 Sep 1915
Extent:
1 volume (210 folios)