IOR/L/PS/18/B175

This file is a report regarding arms traffic in the Persian Gulf written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh of the India Office's Political Department. The main body of the report (ff 30-51) is divided up as follows:

I. Summary of Early History;

II. The Situation in 1907;

III. Events in 1907-09;

IV. Events subsequent to Brussels Conference: Naval Blockade Operations.

Following the report, the file contains a series of appendices (ff 52-58), the details of which are as follows:

I. Treaty between United States and Muskat [Muscat], 1833;

II. Treaty between France and Muskat, 1844;

III. Anglo-French Declaration, 1862;

IV. Gwadur Prohibition, 1891;

V. Persian Agreement, 1897;

VI. Muskat Agreement, 1898;

VII. Bahrein [Bahrain] Agreement, 1898;

VIII. Restrictions on British Traders at Muskat; Regulations issued 1898;

IX. Koweit [Kuwait] Agreement, 1900;

X. Trucial Chiefs Agreement, 1902;

XI. Muskat Notifications, 1903;

XII. Karwan Arms Agreement, 1906;

XIII. Powers of search and detention by His Majesty's Ships;

XIV. Seizures of Arms and Ammunitions, November 1909 - May 1910.