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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 [‎277r] (553/678)

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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[This Document is the Property of Her Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
No. 7'— PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY.
ASIA.
[May 27.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 1.
2468
No. 1.
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. to Foreign Office.—(Received May 27.)
THE Under-Secretary of State for India presents bis compliments to the Under
secretary of State for Eorei.n Affairs, and, by direction of Lord George Hamilton,
forwards herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State, copy of a letter from
the Government of India, Secret, dated the 6 th May, and inclosures, regarding the
refusal of Persia to recognize the appointment of an Afghan Commercial Agent at
Meshed.
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. , May 26, 1896.
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Governor-General of India in Council to Lord G. Hamilton.
(Secret.)
My Lord, Simla, May 6 , 1896.
IN continuation of our Secret despatch, dated the 13th November, 1895, we have
the honour to forward, for the information of Her Majesty’s Government, an English
translation of a letter from the Ameer of Afghanistan regarding the refusal of the
Persian Government to agree to the appointment of an Afghan Commercial Agent to
reside in Meshed.
2. We have informed His Highness that the matter is not one in which the
Government of India can assist him, and that, as he has already approached the Persian
Government through Her Majesty’s Minister, and that the Shah lias it seems declined
to recognize the appointment, we fear that the answer communicated to His Highness
by Sir Mortimer Uurand must he considered to he final.
3. A copy of the Viceroy’s letter to the Ameer is inclosed.
We have, &c.
(Signed) ELGIN.
G. S. WHITE.
J. WESTLAND.
J. WOODBUHN.
M. D. CHALMERS.
E. H. H. COLLEN.
A. C. TREVOR.
Inclosure 2 in No. 1 .
The Ameer of Afghanistan to the Viceroy of India.
(Translation.)
(After compliments.) 26/A of Ramzan, 1313 II (March 11, 1896).
I HAVE the honour to inform your Excellency that, for purposes of the mercan
tile transactions of the people of Afghanistan, which from years past up to the present
time were carried on in Persia, where the Afghans used to so for trade, an official 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 [‎277r] (553/678), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/358, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069731506.0x00009a> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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