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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 [329v] (658/678)
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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He received me as an old friend, and in every way showed his pleasure at my
appointment. ,, ,, , . ,
It is loo soon to form an opinion upon the results that may ensue from his letum.
I have, &c.
(Signed) P. MOLESW0RTPI SYKES, Queen’s Buys,
Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Kerman
rind Persian Beloochistan.
No. 2.
Consul Stevens to the Marquess of Salisbury .—{Received September 23.)
My Lord Batoum, August 23, 1895.
* ^ ACCORDING to information that has reached me, sanction has been accorded for
the formation of the “ Enzeli-Kazvin Road Company,” which is to construct a road from
the port of Enzeli to Kazvin, and also for the construction and exploitation ol all kinds
of roads, means of communication, and harbour works in Persia. _ ,
The wheel-road will he 352 versts long (235 miles), and at Kazvin will join the
existing westward road to Tabriz, eastward road through Tehran to Meshed, and south
ward road to Kum along the chaussee already built by an English Company. The road
has to be completed in two years, and the Company will have the right to charge travellers,
foot-passengers, carts and other vehicles, horsemen, and cattle, a toll dining a penod. oi
99 years. The rates to be charged have been specially provided for in the Concession
that has been granted to the Company by the Persian Government. _
The Company is to be floated with a capital of 1,000,000 roubles, in 10,000 shares
of 100 roubles each, three-fourths of which are to. be personal, and the remainder to
hearer. The head offices of the Company are to be in Moscow.
T ll Q VG /vY*
(Signed) ’ P. STEVENS.
No. 3.
Sir M. Durand to the Marquess of Salisbury.—{Received September 23.)
(No. 69.)
My Lord Gulhek, August 26, 1895.
WITH reference to Sir F. Lascelles’ despatch No. 91 of the 30th May, 1893, I have
the honour to report that the term of the Concession for the Resht-Kazvin carriage road
has been extended for a further period of two and a-half years, and there seems to be a
probability that this road may before long be set in hand. General Kouropatkine seemed
interested in the project, and it is not unlikely that the extension of the Concession is
due to him. . TJ . .
I submit a copy of the additional Agreement which has been signed. It is m some
respects slightly less favourable to the concessionnaires than the original, but it empowers
them to levy inordinately high tolls, and this will, I think, be the cause of trouble in
future.
I hear that the Russians are also in hopes of obtaining before long a Concession for
the navigation of Lake Urumiah. This is a matter of some importance. I do not think
there are any sufficient grounds for objection on our part, but the Concession may have
an unfavourable effect on our Trebizond trade.
M. Poliakoff, the main concessionnaire in the Resht-Kazvin road project, has now taken
over the administration of the affairs of the Tehran Rail and Tramways Company, and
the head-quarters of the Company will henceforth be at Moscow. This also seems to be
a matter in which we can hardly interfere.
I inclose Memoranda by Lieutenant-Colonel Picot on these schemes.
I have, &c.
(Signed) , H. M. DURAND.
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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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