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IOR/L/PS/18/C87/1
- Record Id:
- 040-000563745
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0000db
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100036186182.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/C87/1
- Title:
- Selection from Correspondence Relative to the Traffic in Arms in the Persian Gulf, 1897-98. Part I
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains a selection of correspondence and enclosures compiled by the India Office Political and Secret Department relating to arms traffic in the Persian Gulf from 1897-98.
Correspondents include: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Marquess of Salisbury, the Secretary of State for India, the Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran, the Admiralty, the Viceroy of India, the Government of India, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Sultan of Muscat, and various British merchant companies.
The following topics are discussed:
- measures for the control of trade in arms and ammunition with Muscat;
- the power of the Crown to prohibit the export of arms and to stop the importation by British subjects or in British vessels;
- the Customs Consolidation Act and other treaties with Muscat;
- treaty engagements of Bahrein;
- the search and seizure of shipments at Muscat and Bushire including the SS Tripoli, and SS Baluchistan;
- the registration of arms;
- grievances of British merchants over loss of trade.
It contains three short treaty extracts in French.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563639
040-000563745 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/C : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section C
IOR/L/PS/18/C87/1 : Selection from Correspondence Relative to the Traffic in Arms in the Persian Gulf, 1897-98. Part I - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0003]/037-000563639[0106]/040-000563745
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (27 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0000db
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1898
- Date Range:
- 28 Apr 1898
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 27, it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Former External References:
- S 8
- Arrangement:
- This file consists of a single document with re-printed correspondence arranged in chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)