'File 13/6 Karachi Conference on arms traffic; arms smuggling incidents'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 13/6 Karachi Conference on arms traffic; arms smuggling incidents'
- Contributor:
- British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (correspondent)
High Commissioner, Iraq (correspondent)
Shaikh Hakim of Kuwait Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ (correspondent) - Date:
- 1918/1924
- Description:
- The file contains correspondence, telegrams, statements, and memoranda regarding incidents of arms and ammunition smuggling in Kuwait.The file contains: lists of arms and ammunition smuggled; lists of people purchasing arms and ammunition in Kuwait in 1919-1920; 'Report of the Conference held at Karachi in August 1921 on the Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf' (folios 62-65), containing details on routes via sea and land and on the principal outlets for arms smuggling in the area. The file also contains a printed copy of the 1919 Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunition and Protocol, in English and French (folios 166-183).The principal correspondents are: British India Steam Navigation Company; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak Al Sabah; the High Commissioner for Iraq in Baghdad; the Intelligence Officer in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire; and the Political Agent in Kuwait.There are numerous letters and statements in Arabic within the file, mostly correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait, sometimes with English translation. The file also contains letters and reports in French, from the Bushire Customs.1 file (225 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. There is an index at the end of the file, on folio 226. The index contains names of people and subjects which appear in the file, and folio numbers referring to the additional foliation.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 227; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-225; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
Arabic
French - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunition, and Protocol (1919)
- Extent:
- 1 file (225 folios)
- Rights:
- Public Domain
Unknown
Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003ca_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003ca_en
IOR/R/15/5/47 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers