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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 [203v] (406/678)
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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land was largely magnified in transmission, and
occasioned further protests.
Tewfik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
inquired on the 29th August Telegram No. 102.
whether Her Majesty’s Government intended to
establish a Protectorate, and on the same day the To SirF.Laseeiies,
German Embassy in [London received a pressing
instruction to state that a British Protectorate
would be contrary to the Treaty of Berlin, and
that in view of her interest in Koweit as the
future terminus of the Anatolian [Railway,
Germany would he compelled to regard sucn a
proceeding as an unfriendly act.
The reply in each case was that His Majesty s
Government had no such intention, Sir A. 0 Conor
adding the reservation “ provided that Turkey
did not force our hands by interfering with the
Sheikh.”
On the 3rd September Count Metternich called
to say “that if by threats of force His Majesty’s
Government prevented the Sultan from landing
troops at Koweit, they were refusing to recognize
tiie Sultan’s authority with which they had
stated (in a Memorandum communicated by the
King to the German Emperor, see p. 15)
that they did not desire to interfere in those
parts, and that the German Government con
sidered that Koweit formed unquestionably part
of the territories belonging to the Sultan.”
Sir T. Sanderson promised to report his obser
vations to Lord Lansdowne, and said he could at
once state that His Majesty’s Government had no
desire to disturb the status quo.
Next day telegrams were communicated by the
Turkish Ambassador protesting against the re
ported intention to declare a British Protectorate
and describing the Convention of 1899 as without
validity, but the Sultan had meanwhile been
advised by the German Government to be satis
fied with the assurances given to Count Metter
nich, and to ask for their repetition.
On the 6th September Sir N. O’Conor was sent
for by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The assurances given by his Excellency on
this occasion were considered by the Ottoman
Government “ of a nature to terminate the
present controversy,” and Anthopoulo
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was instructed to ask for their confirmation.
The following note was accordingly addressed
to him :—
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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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