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This study constitutes part of a larger effort aimed at better characterizingthe Galactic globular clusters (GGCs) located towards the inner Milky Way bulgeand disk. Here, we focus on internal kinematics of nine GGCs, obtained fromspace-based imaging over time baselines of $>$9 years. We exploit multipleavenues to assess the dynamical state of the target GGCs, constructing radialprofiles of projected stellar density, proper motion dispersion, andanisotropy. We posit that two-thirds (6/9) of our target GGCs are in anadvanced dynamical state, and are close to (or have recently undergone) corecollapse, supported by at least two lines of evidence: First, we findrelatively steep proper motion dispersion profiles, in accord with literaturevalues for core-collapsed GGCs. Second, we find that our sample is, in themean, isotropic even out to their half-light radii, although one of our targetclusters (NGC 6380) is tangentially anisotropic at $>$1$\sigma$ beyond itshalf-light radius, in accord with theoretical predictions for clusters evolvingin strong tidal fields. Our proper motion dispersion and anisotropy profilesare made publicly available.

Structure and Internal Kinematics of Nine Inner Milky Way Globular Clusters