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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 [204r] (407/678)
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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“ Hie Marquess of Lansdowne to AntJiopoulo
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
“Foreign Office,
“ Your Excellency, September 11 , 1901.
“ I HAVE taken note with satisfaction of the telegram
from the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, com
municated by you on the 9th instant, in which his
Excellency states that the Turkish Government will
not send troops to Koweit, and will maintain the status
quo there, on condition that His Majesty’s Government
will abstain from occupying that place or establishing a
British Protectorate there.
“ I have pleasure in confirming the assurance which
has been given to his Excellency by His Majesty’s
Ambassador at Constantinople that, provided the
Turkish Government abstain from sending troops to
Koweit and respect the status quo there, His Majesty’s
Government will not occupy that place or establish a
British Protectorate over it.
“ I am, &c.
(Signed) “LANSDOWNE.”'
In a Secret telegram dated the 7th September,
Lord Lansdowne, while pointing out that “ the
situation requires very careful handling as our
arrangement with the Sheikh is not very precise,
and it was entered into without the knowledge
or concurrence of the Porte,” instructed Sir N.
O’Conor that “we cannot recede from our posi
tion, and if Porte should insist on raising
question of their rights we may have to con
vert into something much more precise the
present indefinite Understanding with the
Sheikh.”
In view, however, of the assurances recorded
in the note quoted above, his Excellency has not
found occasion to communicate these instructions,
and the controversy with the Porte rests for the
moment on the basis of a mutual maintenance
of the status quo. The Turkish Ambassador has
expressed, himself well satisfied with the present
state of affairs (October 1), and on the same day
Sir IV. O’Conor was assured by the Minister for
Foreign Affairs “ most positively that the Im
perial Government had no intention whatsoever
of occupying or attacking Koweit.” There is
an understanding that the two Governments are
to co-operate in maintaining the peace, Turkey
endeavouring to restrain the Amir, while Her
Majesty’s Government Avill do what they can to
discourage the Sheikh from aggressive action.
Mubarak has been told that the good offices of
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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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