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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 [18r] (35/678)
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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subjects to the value of 77,000 Dollars for which amount
an Indemnity was required from the Sultan.. Part of it he recovered
hy a punitive tax on the rebel tribes and the balance was deducted
from the arrears of his subsidy which had been suspended*
1899 In September of this year Muscat was visited by a severe
epidemic of Cholera which quickly spread to the interior* About 700
persons were carried off in Muscat and "atra and upwards of 120,000
in Oman. ITo such epidemic had occurred since 1825*
1900 Hardly had the Cholera subsided when Muscat had a visita
tion of Bubonic Plague. Fortunately the epidemic was not a severe
one and did not spread to the interior, and both before and after
since this visitation Muscat 1ms been fortunate in the immunity
which it has enjoyed from this disease, considering its close
proximity to and constant co: munication with India.
During this year the Sultan decided to take the Customs
Administration into his own hands instead of farming it out as
hitherto, to local merchants. This measure has resulted in a decided
increase of revenue to the Sultan himself and in several improve
ments in the local arrangements for the safe landing and storage of
goods. The Customs Superintendent has a somewhat difficult card to
play, because naturally the
Banian
Merchant of Indian extraction.
element who used to make large
profits out of the farm do not look upon the present regime with
favour, and are not slow to find fault. On the whole the Customs
Superintendent however seems to me to have tore good work and during
the last three years considerable extensions hnd improvements have
taken place in the Wharf and Customs House premises which cannot fail
to strike any one who remembers Muscat a few years ago. Tie Sultan
is anxious to provide still further facilities for the landing and
shipping of merchandise by the erection of a petty running out from
the Customs Wharf, but this is an ex ensive undertaking which he is
not at present in a position to embark upon unless he can be allowed
to recover whole or part of the cost by a small increase in Customs
duty.
1901 On the 4th October the Sultan’s old and valued servant the
Vaster
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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.
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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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