Arms Trade Through Kabul and Muscat Stoked Afghan Turmoil
The long history of arms flows between Europe and Afghanistan via Muscat began in 1881 when Britain backed Amir Abdur Rahman’s independence and India supplied rifles. The Kabul factory and border trade drew traders, increasing tension until the Indian arms supply paused. By 1864 the Sultan of Oman leveraged a France treaty to import and export arms freely, enticing traders to profit amid growing regional conflict.
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Europe
Afghanistan
Muscat
England
India
Kabul
Indian
Oman
France
Arms Trade Tarnishes Muscat Gulf Patrols Narrative
The narrative details a fifty-year struggle surrounding gun-running through Muscat into Persia, with a British naval blockade enforcing a three-mile rule, a Jask wireless station, and bombardments of dhows. It notes the 1864 treaty’s failure to stop imports, the 1908-09 Brussels talks, and ongoing efforts by Capt. Hunt and the Fox to thwart Afghan and Persian arms movements via Mehran, Sohar, and Linga.
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Muscat
Europe
Gulf of Oman
Persia
Mehran
Brussels
British East Indies
Matarah
Arabian Coast
Nakoda
Sohar
Karyat
Karachi
Givadar
H. M
Fox
Philomel
Proserpine
Perseus
Alert
Odin
Sphink
Redbreast
Heapiegle
Persian Gulf
British India Steamship Company
India Government
Royal Navy
Gulf
Bombay
Colombo
A. T. Hunt
The
Admiralty
Kabul
Jask
Dhawa
Hunt
Liiely
Charbar
Linga
Mazkur
H. M. S. Odin
Beloved Wives and Tombstones in Bucklesberry Tale
A North Carolina man recalls Bucklesberry in Lenoir county where Ben Sutton once hosted a noon dinner then showed a yard of four tombstones for his wives Annie Kate Maggie and Jennie. His current wife jokes she’ll outlive him and avoid a tombstone. Ben dies soon after.
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Bucklesberry
North Carolina
Lenoir County
Goldsboro
Sutton
Ben Sutton
Ben
Annie
Kate
Maggie
Jennie
Mrs. Sutton
Sweetife
Celeste Wheeler Finds Love While Painting a Family
Celeste Wheeler answers a country lodging ad to paint a miniature for an elderly couple in Glen Head. She discovers the child she grows to love is Hugh Ardale’s daughter, the child Martha, and reunites with Hugh, choosing love over fame as they plan a life together at Windyheath with the Stauntons.
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Calestae Wheeler
Long Island
Celeste
Hugh Ardale
Celeste Wheeler
Glen Head
the Sound
Darling
Marea Ardale
Ardale
Windyheath
Martha Staunton
Hugh
Martha
Mrs. Staunton
Thella
Celia
Celesta
Celle
Granny
Celie
Australia Builds Universal Military Service System
Australia implements a universal service plan. By mid year an estimated 80 000 to 100 000 youths aged fourteen to seventeen will enroll for defense. At twelve they begin physical arms training, at fourteen they become senior cadets, and at eighteen are drafted into the citizen army until twenty six. Continuous cadet to adult transfers over eight years aim for about 100 000 trained troops.
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Australia
Commonwealth
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