File 868/1912 Pt 6 'Arms traffic: Muscat Trade. Compensation for French dealers at Muscat.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 868/1912 Pt 6 'Arms traffic: Muscat Trade. Compensation for French dealers at Muscat.'
- Contributor:
- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (correspondent)
Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council (correspondent)
Political Agent, Kuwait (correspondent)
Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd Dynasty (correspondent)
French Consul, Muscat (correspondent)
Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (correspondent)
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (correspondent) - Date:
- 1913/1914
- Description:
- This part of the volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and two press-cuttings relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation.Issues discussed include:new regulations to prevent the sale of arms in Muscat without the knowledge of the end-user;French schemes to evade the Sultan of Muscat's regulations by trans-shipment;proposals for the compensation of French arms dealers and the different views of the Treasury, Government of India and the Foreign Office thereon;Anglo-French diplomacy and proposed purchase of stocks at Muscat and Jibuti;value of weapons stock held in the Warehouse and disposals of the stocks after compilation of inventory.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox; the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf; the Political Agent at Muscat; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; the Ambassador to France, Sir Francis Bertie; the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; the Board of Trade; the Colonial Office.The volume includes two statistical tables, 'Inventory of arms and ammunition in French Private Warehouses in Maskat' (ff 230-232; 236-237).The volume is part 6 of 7. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (278 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 868 (Arms Traffic - Muscat) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/235-240. The volumes are divided into 7 parts with parts 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 comprising one volume each and parts 4 and 5 comprising a volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 278; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Diplomacy
Arms traffic - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Extent:
- 1 volume (278 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
Copyright or data protection restrictions - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000084_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000084_en
IOR/L/PS/10/239 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers