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1. IOR/L/PS/10/112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/112
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 3 'Arms Traffic:- Koweit Trade.'
Scope & Content:
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 invento...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
28 Apr 1900-15 Jun 1914
Extent:
1 volume (358 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/446

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/446
Title:
PZ 6556/40 'Hawking of Sterling Notes in the Middle East.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the British Consul General, Beirut, the British Ambassador to Iraq, the Foreign Office and the Treasury, regarding the smuggling of Sterling notes into the Middle East, and possible ways to end the practice.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1940-5 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/516
Title:
Ext 2823/41 'Bahrain. Report of ban on export of gold & silver coinage. and subsequent smuggling.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the imposition of an export licence system on the trade of gold and silver in the Persian Gulf region, at first to understand the flow of trade, and then to restrict it, lest gold find its way through Turkey into enemy-occupied destinations. Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1941-10 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2212
Title:
Coll 7/42 'Persian Gulf: arms smuggling from Koweit [Kuwait] into Iraq'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding allegations made by the Iraqi authorities that arms and ammunition are being smuggled into Iraq from Koweit [Kuwait]. The principal correspondents are: HM Ambassador at Baghdad (Archibald Clark Kerr, later Maurice Peterson); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1936-23 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (117 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2878
Title:
Coll 17/18(1) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to importation restrictions, customs appointments and effective front...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1932-15 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 volume (673 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2879
Title:
Coll 17/18(2) 'Smuggling between Kuwait and Iraq'
Scope & Content:
This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2878, and contains papers regarding the alleged smuggling of goods from Kuwait to Iraq, and attempts to broker an agreement between the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) and the Government of Iraq with regards to the prevention of smuggl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1935-14 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (443 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3408
Title:
Coll 28/11 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan and Kain Commercial. 1931 – – 1933’
Scope & Content:
Printed copies of monthly confidential commercial reports for the region of Sistan and Kain [Ka’īn] in eastern Persia [Iran], submitted by the British Consul at Sistan and Kain (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly). The reports include: details of the demand for, and statistical data of the imports and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1931-12 Oct 1933
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3502
Title:
Coll 28/96 ‘Persia. Judicial. Persian law regarding smuggling. Position of foreigners.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the compatibility of legal safeguards in relation to the expiration of the Tariff Autonomy Treaty, agreed between the British and Persian Governments on 10 May 1928, and a new law passed by the Government of Iran in 1936 that authorised the use of the death penalty agai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Dec 1936-17 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3734

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3734
Title:
Coll 30/21(3) 'Persian Gulf: Kuwait-Saudi Relations: Blockade by Ibn Saud. Smuggling: Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning a number of proposed agreements between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that were intended to formalise relations between the two countries and to end a trade blockade that had been imposed on Kuwait by Saudi Arabia. Much of the corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1937-3 Apr 1940
Extent:
1 file (512 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3766

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3766
Title:
Coll 30/50 'Persian Gulf: Smuggling'
Scope & Content:
This file contains extracts from the diary of the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire that relate to smuggling in the Persian Gulf. In addition to these extracts, the file also contains a limited amount of associated correspondence between British officials and the following docum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Aug 1928-5 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)