‘Masqat Arms Traffic. 1908–1909.’

Title:

‘Masqat Arms Traffic. 1908–1909.’

Contributor:

Government of India, Assistant Quarter Master General, Intelligence Branch (author)
Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India (author)

Date:

1909/1909

Description:

Bound volume containing two secret reports, both authored by Colonel Wilfrid Malleson (referred to as Division of the Chief of the Staff in the first report, and Assistant Quarter Master General for Intelligence in the second), and both issued by the Division of the Chief of the Staff in 1909.The first report is entitled Statistics regarding the Masqat [Muscat] Arms Traffic (Revised.)(ff 4-16), and contains several appendices and fold-out tables giving details of: caravan routes along which arms trafficking is carried out on the Makran coast; total values of arms and ammunition imported into Muscat and other Persian Gulf ports; importers and (European) exports of arms.The second report is entitled Special Reports on the Masqat Arms Traffic, Season 1908-09(ff 17-60), and comprises a number of reports on the arms trade through Muscat, submitted by ‘secret agents’, and a map illustrating the arms traffic from Muscat to Persia, Baluchistan and Afghanistan (f 59). The report also includes two appendices, lettered G and H. Appendix G is a letter (in French) dated 28 October 1907, from M Pick to Messieurs Malcom and Company of Muscate [Muscat]. Appendix H comprises lists (in French) of arms for sale, with prices given in French francs.The voluime includes a map illustrating the Muscat arms traffic, dated 1909, indicating routes taken by the Muscat arms trade from the Persian (Makran) coast and inland, into Persia, Baluchistan and Afghanistan (f 59).1 volume (60 folios)Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 62; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: this part also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English
French

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Reports
Arms traffic
Trade routes
Intelligence service
Weapons
Statistics

Geographic region:

Makran
Persia
Afghanistan
Baluchistan
Persian Gulf
Masqat

Extent:

1 volume (60 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100049434208.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100049434208.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/20/289/A

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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