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IOR/L/PS/20/10
- Record Id:
- 040-000565301
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x00038d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038749757.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/10
- Title:
- The Illicit Trade in Arms and Ammunition Between the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan
- Scope & Content:
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The file consists of notes and appendices providing a history of the arms trade up to 1908, prepared by C M Gibbon of the Persian Section of the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, Government of India.
A preface is included by Wilfrid Malleson, Division of Chief of General Staff, India.
It discusses: the monetary value of the arms trade, attempts to stop the import of arms into Persia, reported trade routes, import and export figures, the types of rifles and ammunition imported, and firms connected with arms traffic.
The appendices include the following:
- an outline of the scheme inaugurated by Mr New of the Indo-European Telegraph Department for the prevention of illicit arms trade on the Makran Coast;
- lists of arms caravans known to have made their way from the Makran Coast into Afghan territory;
- a precis of the action taken by the Persian Government to prohibit arms caravans through South-East Persia;
- statistics for the value of arms and ammunition openly imported in the Masqat [Muscat] and Persian Gulf ports, monthly exports from the United Kingdom, imports into Masqat by foreign vessels, distribution from Masqat to Persian and Arabian Coasts, and the proportion of various forms of rifles and ammunition imported monthly;
- a statement of the departures for and arrivals at Masqat of vessels carrying arms and ammunition, and European firms connected with Masqat arms traffic.
Also includes one map on folio 17: 'PLAN TO ILLUSTRATE ROUTES TAKEN BY ARMS CARAVANS BETWEEN THE MAKRAN COAST and the AFGHAN BORDER'
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000565294
040-000565301 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/1-289C : Political and Secret Department Library: Works received later, through official channels, plus miscellaneous items
IOR/L/PS/20/10 : The Illicit Trade in Arms and Ammunition Between the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/20/10, f 17 : PLAN TO ILLUSTRATE ROUTES TAKEN BY ARMS CARAVANS BETWEEN THE MAKRAN COAST and the AFGHAN BORDER
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/20/10 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0007]/040-000565301
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file (16 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x00038d
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1908
- End Date:
- 1908
- Date Range:
- Aug 1908-Sep 1908
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 18; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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:
- C 20 ROOM 0011
Copy No. 11 - Arrangement:
- The file consists of a single document.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)