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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 [‎202v] (404/678)

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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action. If the report was true it was obvious
that Mubarak’s death would seriously endanger
the Agreement of 1899, and a ship of Avar was
placed under orders. Colonel Kemball visited
Koweit (April 18). He found the Sheikh alive,
hut was satisfied that he had been severely
defeated. Nothing was said to the Amir.
Mohsin Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. had remained comparatively
inactive since his diplomatic success of Novem
ber, hut the defeat of Mubarak now brought on
Turkish interference in a more acute form. A
Turkish Pield-Marshal left Bagdad for Bussorah
on the 19th April, followed on the next day by
Turkish troops. It was generally believed that
the Ottoman Government intended to make use
of force AA’ith a view to the deposition of
Mubarak.
A British gun-boat was ordered to Koweit,
and Sir N. O’Conor was definitely authorized, in
the event of hostilities being resumed, to warn,
the Porte “to refrain from any action against
the Sheikh in view of our arrangement with
him.”
But the astute policy of Mohsin Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. again
prevented matters from coming to a head. The
Turkish Pield-Marshal stopped short of KoAveit,
and the Yali himself, with a small escort, paid a
friendly visit to the Sheikh. He was unable to
enforce proposals for the establishment of a
Turkish garrison, but Mubarak accompanied him Mr. Wratislaw,
to Pao, renewed his protestations to the Sultan, No ‘ 30, June 1 ‘
and returned to Koweit after a second act of
apparently spontaneous loyalty.*
On the 28th May the Amir of Nejd appealed
for British protection, hut, after consultation
with the Viceroy, the 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. expressed the
opinion, in which the Poreign Office concurred,
that it was not advisable to—
“ incur the difficulties and embarrassments which must 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. ,
ensue from the declaration of a Protectorate over J une 14.
either the territories of the Chiefs of Koweit and
Nejd.”
The Viceroy, however, pointed out that some
answer must he given to the Chiefs, and Colonel
Kemhall again visited Koweit Avith general in
structions to find some modus vivendi between the
* Molisin Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. has since been dismissed (Sir N. O'Conor’
No. S58, October 2). Nouri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. replaces him as Yali and
Military Commander at Busrah.

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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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