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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 [202r] (403/678)
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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11
No. 59,
February It),
Sir N. O’Conor,
No. 11,
Telegraphic.
Koweit. An Arab native of Koweit, concerned
in a case of smuggling arms, had been claimed
as a Turkish subject. The Resident was informed
by the Foreign Office, in answer to his inquiry
whether he should contest the claim, that—
“ although Her Majesty’s Government had promised their
good offices to the Sheikh of Koweit, the district has
never been formally placed under British protection.
Her Majesty’s Government cannot, therefore, claim
natives of Koweit as British-protected persons.”
Late in December Mubarak was reported to be
making fresh preparations for an attack on Nejd,
and the second phase of the quarrel begins.
In February Sir N. O’Conor expressed his
opinion on the general situation.
An outbreak of hostilities, his Excellency
observed, would scarcely fail to bring the Turks
again into the field.
“Her Majesty’s Government may thus be placed in a
difficult position, and be forced either to raise an
unpleasant question with the Ottoman Government,
or to assert effective control over KoWeit, or else
sacrifice the privileged position acquired by the Con
vention of January 1899. It is hardly to be expected
that the Sheikh of Koweit will respect an Agreement
from which he derives no security and little material
advantage.”
His Excellency was strongly averse to doing
anything which would “ encourage the Sultan’s
anxiety in regard to British policy in the Persian
Gulf,” and he suggested that the Amir of Aejd
should be approached through his Bussorah
Agent, while the Porte might be informed that
Colonel Kembali would use every effort to
restrain the Sheikh.
On the 28th February the Viceroy telegraphed
that the Resident’s advice had been already
tendered to Mubarak (though, as afterwards
appeared, not personally but through the news
agent) and refused. The proposed visit, there
fore, did not seem likely to have any result,
while “ a second failure might even be em
barrassing.”
As in November hostilities were allowed to
begin without any formal remonstrance on the
part of the British authorities.
On the 29th March the complete defeat of
the Koweit forces was reported, and it was
rumoured that the Sheikh had been killed in
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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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