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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 [39r] (77/678)
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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PROPOSED VICE-CONSULATE BUILDINGS AT BUNDER ABBAS.
Owing to an article which appeared in the “ Times of India” regarding
the want of proper accommodation for the Vice-Consul at Bunder Abbas, the
Secret e., July 1903 , Nos. 146-172 (No. 146 ) Secretary of State for India called for a
report upon the steps which had been
taken to provide a suitable house and furniture for the Vice-Consulate.
Messrs. Herman & Co., a firm of contractors at Karachi, were accordingly
ind (No. 153 ). asked, in November 1902, for plans
and estimates for a Vice-Consulate and
certain other buildings, the sum of Rs. 25,000 being mentioned as the amount
the Government of India were willing to expend. This firm submitted plans
and estimates amounting to over Rs. 98,000, and the
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.
, after consulting the Vice-Consul, has requested him to ask Messrs.
Herman & Co. to submit revised estimates in accordance with the suggested
limit of Rs. 25,000, though he believed it would be difficult to construct the
Vice-Consulate within this sum.
Copies of the plans and estimates* were subsequently received by the
* Amounting to Es. 98 , 160 . Government of India, and sent by the
n 4 V lono 4 4 ! a • , p ! lbl . ic Works Department, on the 13th
October 1902, to the Superintending Engineer, Indus Right Bank, from whom
a criticism is awaited.
It may be noted in this connection that the Bombay Government have
with the approval of the Government of India, decided to depute an Executive
Engineer, Mr. Corbett, to report on the new
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
buildings at Baghdad.
Mr. Corbett is expected to leave Bombay about the 1st November and to'return
some time in January. It has been suggested that Mr. Corbett might call
at Bunder Abbas on his return journey, if by that time the case has reached a
stage at which local enquiry by an Engineer would be of any value
Foreign Office Press—No. 1390-4-11-03—30.
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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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- Title
- 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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