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1. IOR/L/PS/10/115/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/115/4
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 9 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf:- Military operations.'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses military operations which took place on the Mekran [Makran] and Shibkah coasts to suppress the illicit trafficking of arms there. The operations included naval vessels landing troops who were instructed to cut off raiding parties who had succeeded in illegally land...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1911-13 Jun 1911
Extent:
1 volume (46 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/115/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/115/2
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 7 'Arms traffic: Persian Gulf. Debai incident.'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence discusses an incident at Debai [Dubai] on 24 December 1910 in which a landing party from HMS Hyacinth entered Debai to search a house for illegally trafficked arms and came under fire from local residents. The correspondence includes detailed accounts of the incident by Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1910-21 Feb 1911
Extent:
1 item (70 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/115/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/115/1
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 6 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf - Searching of vessels in territorial waters of Trucial Chiefs. Position of Katr [Qatar].'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence, which is primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Spencer Harcourt Butler), the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade), and representatives of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1910-15 Apr 1913
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/115/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/115/3
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 8 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf - Seizure of French dhows "Musafa" and "Fath-el-Khair".'
Scope & Content:
The correspondence relates to complaints made by Abraham Elbaz (agent for Antoine Goguyer, a French arms merchant at Muscat) that his dhow Fath-el-Khair was being interfered with by HM's vessels causing him to suffer substantial financial losses. The correspondence also discusses negotiations t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17 Jan 1911-4 Aug 1911
Extent:
1 volume (109 folios)