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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 [‎332v] (664/678)

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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pains, exposes a la devanture des boulangeries, en vous cachant le fait qu’ils les ont
envojds eux-memes avant votre passage.
Cette situation est horrible. .Nous ne savons quo trop bien ce qui se passe
journellement, et nous serious toujours prets a faire connaitre a votre Altesse la verite,
mais, sous un prdtexte ou un autre. Ton vous empeche de vous adresser a la seule source
desinteressee, prete ^ vous aider de toutes ses forces, pour assurer le bien-etre general, et
rebausser le prestige de votre Altesse.
Votre haute position vous fait un devoir de vous occuper plus intimement de ce qui
se passe, des besoins des populations qui sont confiees a votre Altesse, et qui ne
demandent que ce qui est juste et possible.
Votre Altesse a une occasion excellente de se concilier leur affection, et de s’assurer
do leur loyaute.
Dans 1’espoir que vous apprecierez les mobiles desinteresses de notre demarche, nous
prions votre Altesse d’agreer, &c.
(Signe) CECIL G. WOOD.
IHSAN.
L. HUGOUNET.
Inclosure 4 in No. 4.
Consul-General Wood to Sir M* Durand.
Sir, Tabriz, August 12, 1895.
WITH reference to my despatch of the 8th August, I have the honour to give
your Excellency the latest information which has come to hand re the recent riots here,
and the measures taken to accede to the just demands of the populace for the necessaries
of life at a fair price.
It would seem that the Valiahd had a meeting yesterday of the principal functionaries
of his Court, where it was arranged that each of those present should contribute a certain
sum of money in order to buy wheat at the market price and retail it at 12 shahis, the price
to which it had been lowered on the riots taking place, to the different bakeries in town
until the arrival on the markets of Government and other cereals some forty days
hence.
The above contributions amounting to 18,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. are divided as follows :—
Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
His Imperial Highness .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,000
Members of his Court .. .. .. .. 10.000
The Mushtehid .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000
The Nasseret-es-Sultaneh, who has replaced the Beglar Begy, has been intrusted with
the carrying out of the arrangement.
This way of endeavouring to turn the difficulty proves that the Valiahd has not
had the courage to oblige his wealthy courtiers to open their stores where thousands of
khalvars are simply rotting away.
So incensed are the merchants at these proceedings that they have deliberately
refrained from coming forward to the help of the authorities in their difficulties, and I
must say, knowing how disgracefully the people’s requirements in general have been
treated for months past, I cannot blame them for their attitude.
I take the liberty of inclosing a sample of wheat taken haphazard from a native
store which will show how far possessors of this prime article are willing to keep it whilst
awaiting the opportunity to sell at famine prices.
It is currently stated that the Kaimakam is to be reinstated, notwithstanding the
evident and just objections of the population.
Many Proclamations against the Kaimakam and his partisans or relatives are daily
placarded in the bazaars, and I feel certain from all I can gather, that if the Government
seeks to impose the former upon the people there will be fresh disorders, but this time
of a graver nature, as many of the male population are now armed, and will be aided and
abetted by outside “lootis,” who are already proving their presence by assaults and
robberies at night.
We are relying on your Excellency’s influence with the Shah to prevent disturbances
which may have the most serious consequences for us, for the Valiahd has lost the

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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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