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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 [‎203r] (405/678)

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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communicated by
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. ,
August 14.
Slieikh and the Amir, while maintaining our
hold upon the Sheikh.
Early in August he saw Mubarak, who sug
gested the Sheikh of Mohammerah as intermediary,
and Mr. Wratislaw was subsequently authorized
to assist communication between the latter and
the agent of the Amir.
But renewed rumours of Turkish concen
tration again raised the larger diplomatic ques
tion.
In July Sir E. Lascelles had had a conversa
tion with Dr. Bosen, of the German Eorei<?n
Office, upon the prospects of the Anatolian
Railway and the general situation.
An expression used by his Excellency describ
ing the Sheikh as technically a subject of the
Sultan but enjoying a considerable amount of
independence ” which on a previous occasion had
passed without comment (see Sir E. Lascelles’
No. 156 of the 15th June, 1900), now drew
from the German Representative an assertion
that the Sheikh was “ merely a subject of the
Sultan.”
To Sir F. Lascelles,
No. 128,
Telegraphic,
August 10.
To Sir N. O’Conor,
No. 103,
Telegraphic,
August 10.
It was therefore pointed out to Sir E. Lascelles
that the German Government might take advan
tage of his language to argue that the Sultan
could dispose of the territory of the Sheikh.
The view that the Sheikh was simply a subject
of the Sultan was one that Her Majesty’s
Government were totally unable to accept, and
his Excellency was instructed to use language
on the lines of Sir N. O’Conor’s despatch No. 130
of the 10th April, 1900 (see p. 8).
Sir N. O’Conor was at the same time authorized
to state, if occasion arose, that if Koweit were
threatened, Her Majesty’s Government would use
force to prevent attack.
Important communications now took place at
London and Constantinople.
Considerable pressure was being exercised on
Telegram* the Ottoman Government by the German and
;jyfos 92 93 ^
August 21. ’ Russian Embassies, and though a proposal of
the Yali of Bussorah to use force against the
Sheikh had been rejected by the Council of
Ministers, Tewfik Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. informed Sir N. O’Conor
that Koweit was regarded as an integral part of
the Ottoman Empire.
A warning given by the Commander of the
“ Perseus ” to the Captain of a Turkish corvette
off Koweit that no troops would be permitted to
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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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