Notes Prepared for Reference during Curzon’s Tour of the Persian Gulf, and Other Papers on Persia and the Persian Gulf [50r] (99/678)
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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KOWEIT AFFAIRS.
The Foreign Office precis of the 31st* December 1900 and of the 29th+
* Secret e., March 1901 , No. 57 . October 1901 give an account of Koweit
t Secret e, March 1902, No. 289. affairs up to the latter date.
2. In January 1902, new s was received that the Turks had occupied Um
Secret e., March 1902 , Nos. 329 and 331 . Kasr at the head of Rlior Abdulla. The
- e£ Q , t Secretary of State authorised the despatch
or the Sphinx to the Khor for purposes of observation and report, and the
Commander confirmed the occupation of Um Kasr, and also brought to
notice a lurkish post in the south-east of Bnbiyan Island. On the 14th March,
Secret e„ July 1902 , No. 308 . Secretary of State telegraphed that
cr AT ^ His Majesty’s Government had authorised
Sir i\. O Conor to inform the Porte that we could not admit, without further
enquiry that the occupation of Bubiyan was not a disturbance of the status
gwi, and that we did not regard the Sheikh’s rights as in any way prejudiced
by the action of the Turkish authorities in the matter. From Tewfik Pasha’s
reply (vide Sir N. O’Conor’s despatch of the 13th February 1902 to Lord
Secret e.. July 1902 , No. 420 . Lansdowne), it seems clear that Um Kasr
„ . f w as occupied with the deliberate intention
of securing for the German railway an alternative point of access to the sea.
itid., No. 405 . Finally, however, on the 8th April 1902
—the Secretary of State telegraphed that
His Majesty s Government ‘‘desire to maintain the status quo at "Koweit and
to preserve the Sheikh’s privileges and territories. These, however, are in-
sufficiently defined, specially the terrirories, and His Majesty’s Government
desire, fiistly, to avoid entanglement in doubtful disputes, and, secondly, to
have it understood that their rights and policy in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
do not
depend upon their shadowy connection with Koweit, but upon other and
broader considerations, and that, in order to establish their claim to have a
voice in sucli questions as that of the railway terminus, it is not necessary to
prove that proposed location is within Koweit territory. Practically, they
would resist Turkish advance on the Koweit side of Khor Subbiya
3. Other recent events connected with Koweit may be briefly noticed.
On the 25th May 1902, J the Turks arrested the Sheikh’s Agent at Basrah
: Pro. No. 483 in Secret E„ July 1902, Nos. With Ce . rtain ^tle deeds which Were ill his
307 - 509 . possession. The man was condemned^ to
1903 !NosTb^-jOT 0 : No ' 167 in Secret E -’ February 10 7 ears ’ imprisonment in a fortress, the
charge against him being that he com
mitted treason by ordering and receiving a seditious Arabic newspaper, and
carried on a treasonable correspondence with the editor. The deeds were
II Pro. No. 174 in Secret e., February 1903 , No?, subsequently restored. || The Agent is still
162 " 307 ' # in prison. Sir K. O’Conor has recently
on more than one occasion addressed the Grand Vizier with a view to procuring
his release.
4. In September 1902 < |f two nephews, sons of the Sheikh’s murdered
brother, left Dorah with 200 armed men
to attack Koweit by sea. The attack**
was organised by Yusuf-bin-Ibrahim, but
was frustrated by H. M. S. “ Lapwing ”,
which chased two dhows containing armed men and killed about 6 Arabs.
One British seaman was killed and two wounded. Representations were made
ft secret e., April 1903 , No. 47 . Constantinople, and on the 6th January
Hid No ee 1903, Sir N. O’Conor reportedff to Lord
Lansdowne that instructions had issued
to expel Yusuf Ibrahim and the two delinquent nephews from the neighbour
hood of Basrah. The two nephews joined the Amir of Nejd at Hail, and Yusuf
Ibrahim also disappeared.
5. The disputes between Sheikh Mubarak and his nephews regarding
vide Mr. Crow’g letter to sir n. O’Conor, No. 65, thfir joint estates in Turkish territories,
Feb-
T Pro. No. 182 in Secret E., February 1903,
Nos. 162-307.
•* Enclosure 1, Pro. No. 189 in Secret E.,
ruary 1903, Nos. 162-307.
dated the 15th September 1903.
trouble, have recently been comprtmisel.
wnich for long have been a cause of much
C. L. S. Russell,— 9-11-03.
Foreign Office Press—1471—10-11-03—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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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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