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Correspondence and Newspaper Cuttings about Persia and the Persian Gulf [50v] (104/179)
The record is made up of 1 file (94 folios). It was created in 14 Jan 1898-10 Sep 1898. 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 All State lands required for the construction of such lines and ports and
their appurtenances, as well as all State stone-quarnes necessary, to be placed
^ll^littrbeTsSleVPe! of'broaTguagePbut the land given must admit of
a ^“^Jj^^'^p^p^enterequired for the construction of such lines and ports
t0 be 6 f T e he Griffs 1 ^"gerfand goods to be the same as those now in force in
Turfcey. concessionnaire will form a « S ociete Anonyme” of Ottoman nationality
the internal Statutes of which will be submitted to the approval of the Imperial
°vernment oie ^ G f building stations and stopping-places by waters and rivers
to be met with in the districts traversed by the railways, as well as store-houses
and depots at the said stations, as well as the towns through which the line will pass,
to be exclusively reserved to the concessionnaire. , , , .
9 The rio-ht of draining and irrigating the lands in the neighbourhood ot the
Tigris, Euphrates, Shat-e’ Hindie, and Shat-el-Arab, to belong to the concession
naire, the conditions to be identical with those accepted by the Imperial Government
in similar undertakings. , .
10. The concessionnaire will enjoy the right of making the necessaiy eonstiac
tions for improving the channel of the above-enumerated rivers and canals, and of
navigating them. , . .
11. The concessionnaire will enjoy the right of working any mines or deposits
of petroleum or naptha to be discovered within 50 kilom. of the centre of the railway,
the concession of which has not yet been accorded to any other person.
I have submitted to His Imperial Majesty the contents of this Petition, and am
ready to discuss with the competent Department the Contract to be drawn up. and
the terms and conditions of the cahier des charges.
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This file consists mainly of correspondence received by George Nathaniel Curzon, mostly on matters relating to Persia.
The letters are mainly from friends, acquaintances and other correspondents known to Curzon, including a number of army officers, diplomats, writers and travellers with an interest in Persia. Notable correspondents include Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Meade, Captain Percy Molesworth Sykes, Albert Houtum-Schindler, Henry Mortimer Durand (British Minister at Tehran), John Richard Preece (British Consul at Ispahan), Thomas Henry Sanderson (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), and Robert Theodore Gunther.
Many of the letters discuss the internal affairs of Persia and British policy regarding that country, mostly from the perspective of British officers and diplomats who are residing or have visited there. Some of the correspondents congratulate Curzon on his recent appointment as Viceroy of India, a post which he took up in January 1899.
Of particular note is an account by Horace Montagu Rumbold of his travels through Persia during October 1897, which records his observations and opinions of the country's government, its local rulers, and whether British rule of southern Persia would be welcomed by its inhabitants (ff 17-35).
The file also includes copies of printed correspondence received by the Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil), from British representatives in Constantinople (ff 50-52), which discuss a petition submitted by Count Kapnist, nephew of the Russian Ambassador at Vienna, to the Ottoman Minister for Public Works, in a bid for a concession for the construction of a railway line from the Mediterranean coast to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (the correspondence includes a translation of the petition).
The file concludes with newspaper cuttings from the Times of India , the Daily Mail and the Morning Post , which contain articles reporting on Persia and on Curzon's selection as Viceroy.
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- 1 file (94 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers proceed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 93, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front back cover, nor does it include the leading flyleaves.
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- Reference
- Mss Eur F111/65
- Title
- Correspondence and Newspaper Cuttings about Persia and the Persian Gulf
- Pages
- 50r:50v
- Author
- Kapnist, Count Vladimir Ivanovich
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- Public Domain