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1. IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221
Title:
Political (External) Collection 7: Arms, Ammunition and Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of files relating to the administration and control of arms, ammunition and arms traffic in India and the Gulf region. The materials were created and accumulated by the India Office Political Department, and largely consist of correspondence with the Foreign Office, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1912-1949
Extent:

48 files, 2 volumes (7468 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/619

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/619
Title:
File 22/11 (22/8 III) DUBAI CUSTOMS AGITATIONS FOR REFORMS IN DUBAI
Scope & Content:
The file begins with a few letters and memoranda exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Residency Agent at Sharjah about imposing a temporary restriction on the importation of arms and ammunition by the Trucial Coast shaikhs, especially from Japan. There follows two memoranda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1940-9 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (122 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/896-898

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/896-898
Title:
File 41 Arms and Ammunition
Scope & Content:
The Arms and Ammunition subject files contain correspondence and papers relating to arms control, and incidents of arms theft or arms smuggling, occurring at Bahrain and elsewhere along the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf: arms licenses for the nakhudas of boats sailing on the Arab coast of the G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1945-1949
Extent:
3 files (207 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1334-1340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1334-1340
Title:
File 9: Arms and Ammunition
Scope & Content:
The Arms and Ammunition subject files contain records concerning the request and issuing of No Objection Certificates, licenses and permits for the import, export and possession of arms, ammunitions, and other potentially lethal weapons such as explosives, marine flares, knives and daggers, and r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1938-1950
Extent:
7 files (769 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/70-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/70-71
Title:
File 1 Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘File 1 Arms Traffic’ consists of one volume (1/1), and one file (also 1/1). The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is related to arms trafficking in Oman mainly in Muscat, Sur, Sohar, Dubai, Khor Fakkan, Masirah, Suwaiq, Sharjah, and the Batinah coastal towns. Among the ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1947
Extent:
2 files (388 folios)