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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 [‎98r] (195/678)

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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(ii) Suddenly enhancing the rate from 3.5 krans to 3.85
krans per rupee,though this is contrary t o the treaty.
(iii) 'Forcing them in the summer when the roads in Seistan
^re almost impassable owing to the canals to come right up to
Nasratabad when they are going to Birjand or Meshed and would
pass ordinarily round the southern end of the Hamun.
£lv) Arbitrarily fining traders or confiscating their
animals for dljeged infraction of rules not published about
routes and demand^deposit/ of customs duties on such animals
(v) General bribery. * X.
/vx /- K
(vi) JKtlt^eatment of Mc^SudN^ilbar, Brhmh>453^bjects^^
at Turbot i Haidat?lfor which h ow e v e rN^a r guz; a r was punished
iftejr^long struggle.
(vii) Refusal to recognise the good offices of our Consul
on behalf of Afghans.
(viii) Arbitrary classifications of goods and levy of duty
on gross weight of packages in case of tea.until special
remonstrances are made.
4i:M> 7. Imposition of new posts on the Perso ^aluch
frontier, south of Koh i Malik Siah^though these are not
required for customs purposes as M. Molitor himself reported.
8. Extraordinary proceedings at Ladis by M. Cesari
in firing on Jamadar Ido without any excuse. For this he has
received no punishment but was merely trans.i,erred i rom Seit>tan
as it was considered sufficient to start with a clean slate.
9. Constant interference with the export of supplies
for the Nushki trade route posts on one pretext or another,
such as that the Tabriz and not the Seistan Kharwar should be
the measure of weight while free export of animals to Trahs-
caspia is permitted.
10. Seizure of supplh® 53 purchased for our Mission
under telegram of 2©th January 1903 by M. Naus ordering strict
enforcement of prohibition of all export. This he said was
illicit .
directed against ail trade by Hashmat-ul-Mulk and Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Purdil
Khan, T?ut the order was enforced in the most insolent way which

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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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