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'Asia. Afghanistan, Persia, Turkestan, Burma, and China. Chronological Table of Events from June 1885 to December 1885.' [2r] (3/12)
The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1888-26 Feb 1913. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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3
Year.
Secretary of State.
Viceroy.
Date.
Principal Events.
1887
(cont.)
Viscount Cross -
Earl of Dufferin
21st Jan. -
31st Jan. -
2nd Feb. -
16th Feb. -
1st April -
8tb April -
20th June -
3rd July -
15th July -
22nd July -
22nd Aug. -
26th Aug. -
31st Aug. -
20th Sept -
1st Nov.
4th Nov. -
0th N ov. -
26th Nov. -
loth Dec. -
26th Dec. -
Kandahar railway completed as far as Gulistan
terminus.
Submission of Bunerwals ; blockade raised and
friendly relations restored.
Mr. Moore, Secretary in Secret and Political
Department, died at Monte Carlo.
Celebration of Jubilee in India.
Sir Edward Bradford appointed Secretary in the
Secret and Political Department.
Afghan Boundary negotiations resumed at St.
Petersburgh on arrival there of Sir W. Ridge'
way as British Commissioner.
Celebration of Jubilee in England.
New agreement as to telegraph station at
Jask, giving fresh boundaries, &c., signed at
Teheran ; the British force maintained at Jask
had been previously reduced.
Defeat of Ghilzai insurgents by the Amir’s
troops near Ghazni.
Final agreement as to Afghan boundary from
Zulfikar to the Oxus, signed by British and
Russian Representatives at St. Petersburgh.
Discovery of Ayub Khan’s escape from Teheran
on an expedition against the Amir of Af
ghanistan. Having crossed the frontier, he
was driven back into Persia, and finally
surrendered to the British Government.
Afghan Boundary Agreement accepted by Amir.
Dismissal of Yahia Khan, Mushir-ed-Dowleh,
Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs. He was
succeeded by the Kawaam-ed-Dowleh.
Supplementary Commission appointed to set up
pillars on rectified Afghan boundary.
Formation of Chief Commissionership of British
Baluchistan, involving annexation of Pishin,
Shorarud, Kach, Kawas, Harnai, Sibi, and
lhal Chotiali, in accordance with Council
Resolution of 8th November 1887, in sub
stitution of that of 7th September 1887.
Zil-es-Sultan gazetted to G.C.S.I.
Ayub Khan formally surrenders to Her Majesty’s
Government.
Meeting at Kara Tapa of Commissioners
(Lieutenant-Colonel ^ ate and Major Peacocke)
appointed to demarcate Afghan boundary,
according to agreement of 22nd July 1887.
Extension of Kandahar railway beyond Khojah
Amran range sanctioned.
Agreement with Ayub Khan as to his residence
in India concluded.
Political and Secret Department,
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
,
1st January 1888.
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The first part of the file (folios 1 to 2) consists of a chronological table of 'principal events' which took place in Afghanistan, Burma, China, Turkestan, and Persia between June 1885 and December 1887. Each entry includes a brief description and the date. In addition, it also indicates who was the Secretary of State for India and who was the Viceroy of India during the event in question. This list is dated 1 January 1888.
The second part of the file (folios 3 to 5) consists of a copy of letter from Sir Arthur Hirtzel to Mr Parker dated 26 February 1913. It concerns a compromise that might be reached with the Ottoman Empire over the status of Koweit [Kuwait]. It also includes copies of the following enclosures:
1. a proposed statement defining the territorial limits to which the British will guarantee the autonomy of the Sheikh of Koweit;
2. extract of a letter from Major Stuart George Knox, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait, dated 23 May 1908. It concerns the suzerainty of Anta'a;
3. extracts from Major Knox's report on his trip to Anta'a, which claims that the local population views the Sheikh of Koweit as their legitimate ruler;
4. extract of a letter from Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Koweit, dated 23 March 1910. It conveys some of his opinions concerning the territorial extent of Koweit;
5. extract from Captain Shakespear's diary dated 25 February 1910.
Also included in the second part is a map (folio 4) showing the limits of Koweit and adjacent territory, which includes south eastern Iraq, south western Persia, and a significant part of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 1 file (5 folios)
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The file consists of two parts: part one (folios 1 to 2) and part two (folios 3 to 5).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the file consists of two parts and each has an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Asia. Afghanistan, Persia, Turkestan, Burma, and China. Chronological Table of Events from June 1885 to December 1885.'
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- 1r:3v, 5r:5v
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