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Notes Prepared for Reference during Curzon’s Tour of the Persian Gulf, and Other Papers on Persia and the Persian Gulf [12r] (23/678)
The record is made up of 1 file (337 folios). It was created in 4 Aug 1895-21 Nov 1903. It was written in English and French. 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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MUSCAT HOTES*
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Muscat lies in Latitude 23 37* 55*
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' TopopiTapLy K' Longitude 58 55* 58*
Tlie mass of hills forming the harbour and its back
ground consists of denuded volcanic rock, part of an igneous tract
extending from a point four miles Vest of ^fusoat to a distance of 6
miles South of it, where the denudation ceases and the superstratum
of limestone appears again* 7 miles to the north West the range
recedes from the Coast and leaves a fertile belt of maritime plain
known as the B Batineh from 10 to 15 miles in width and. terminated
after a stretch of 170 miles by a second junction of the mountain
range with the coast line, at Kho» Kalb eh* The city of fiscal itself
is protected on the land side by a high crenelated wall in which
there are two main gates, one loading southwards to the adjoining
cove and suburb of Bidab and the other- westwards to Matra. These
gates are closed at sunset* Muscat itself is unapproachable for
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baggage animals from the interior owing to trre inhospitable girdle
a of rugged hills and thus it is that the sister town of Mutra 3
miles away to the west is the emporium for all caravan traffic
between the capital and the interior*
IffiSTOOTM’—T Tire population is to some extent a fluctuating one
and has never been subjected to any regular census, but the following
figures are believed to a fairly accurate estimate at present*
Muscat and suburbs 12,000
Total 30,000*
Matra and suburbs 13,000
Only about half the population are pure Arabs, the
remainder being composed of Baluchis and negroes and miscellaneous
races* The Arabs are gradually losing their separate identity and
becoming blended with the other races, owing to the easy means of
slave concubinage and the legitimisation of the resulting offspring
by the Mahonedan religion*
FJDLIGIQH
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The file contains papers relating to Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including a document entitled ‘Notes on current topics prepared for reference during his Excellency the Viceroy’s tour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , November 1903.’ It also includes printed extracts of letters relating to the tour from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arnold Kemball, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Major Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. at Maskat [Muscat], dated August to October 1903.
In addition, the file includes the following papers:
- Handwritten notes by George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India, including notes on Muscat, Koweit [Kuwait], and the Mekran [Makran] Coast
- Memoranda concerning Koweit
- A copy of a letter from Colonel Charles Edward Yate, Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan, to the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department, forwarding the camp diary kept during his tour in Makran and Las Bela, from 1 December 1901 to 25 January 1902
- A copy of a 'Report on a Journey from India to the Mediterranean via the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Baghdad and the Euphrates Valley, including a Visit to the Turkish Dependency of El Hasa' by Captain J A Douglas, Staff Captain, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department in India, 1897 (which includes three sketch maps: Mss Eur F111/358, f 138; Mss Eur F111/358, f 158; and Mss Eur F111/358, f 141).
Folios 232 to 338 largely consist of printed copies of correspondence between Sir (Henry) Mortimer Durand, HM Minister at Teheran [Tehran], and the Marquess of Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 1895-1896, relating to Persia.
The file includes a copy of a Collective Letter addressed by the Turkish, British and French Consuls to the Valiahd regarding the Tabriz Riots, 5 August 1895, which is in French (folios 332).
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- 1 file (337 folios)
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The papers are arranged in roughly chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 339; 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.
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- Notes Prepared for Reference during Curzon’s Tour of the Persian Gulf, and Other Papers on Persia and the Persian Gulf
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- front , front-i, 2r:137v, 139r:140v, 142r:157v, 191v:205v, 207r:212v, 213v:215v, 217r:276v, 278r:278v, 279v:300v, 302r:316v, 318v:325v, 327v:329v, 330v:331v, 333r:338v, back-i, back
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