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'SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS AND MEASURES OF THE VICEROYALTY OF HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON, VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. I. JANUARY 1899-APRIL 1904. II. DECEMBER 1904-NOVEMBER 1905. VOLUME IV. PERSIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF.' [‎7r] (18/384)

The record is made up of 1 volume (188 folios). It was created in 1907. It was written in English. 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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[Confidential.]
Chapter I.
BRITISH POLICY IN PERSIA.
"The recognition of the independence of Persia has
“ always been a cardinal point in British policy. We adhere
“ as strongly as ever to that policy which we have repeatedly
“affirmed. But our special concern is with the southern
“ part of Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and, if occasion arise,
“ we should put forth the whole of our strength in order^ to
“ prevent encroachments by other Powers in those regions .
—Pronouncement by Lord Lans-
doione to the Shah of Persia,
21st August 1902.
In the history of tl.e Foreign Department of the Government of India
durins Lord Cu.zon’s administration, no feature is more striking than the
curing .uo . sc ope of the work connected with India 9
increase m ^ Powers The far-reaching and momentous causes,
relations with Foreign i-owera. i ne Foreign Department in India
resulting in the Pf'“"f^he Foreign 0(hce in England”, were thus
place in the many utterances whic i ^ ig the rnost important of all. I allude to foreign
course of the year and ye India the phrase includes her relations
affairs; and it must be remembered that ^^e^as^^ncna^ ^ ^ the greater part
with the whole of . her nel ^ ’-e ^ t h 0 uo-htful public has at all realised the silent
of the Asiatic Continent. 1 doubt ff t i iat will one day have an effect upon India that
but momentous change that is g d and i t ma y almost be said up to the last
is at present but dimly discerned J ere prac ti C aily confined to her dealings with
fifteen years, the foreign relatio p-reat Power beyond ; and the foreign
Afghanistan, and to the designs ® r other foreign nation. It is true that we had
policy of India had little to d0 , i ht u3 into con t aC t with Persia and Turkey, and
territories or outposts of influence tha ^ tr . beg> ^ ow all that i s changed, and events
that we had occasional dealings wiUi t ^ otlce s0 isolated and remote, into the
are passing which are gradually dra materially affect its future. The change has been
vortex of the world s politics, and that has expanded, and our influence upon our
due to two reasons. Firstly, as ow ra ore direct and frequent relations with the
frontier consolidated we have been annexation of Upper Burma brought
countries lying immediately ion • Chinese Empire, and created a batch of frontier
us into contact with an important corner of tbe Chinese ^ ^ much more important.
and other political problems °f own. ^ interest in A sia. Russia, with her vast
Europe has woken up, e » m ® unarrested advance, has been the pioneer in this
territories, her great ambitions, an^ come her comp etitors, rivals, and allies. Thus, as
movement, and with her, or a , forward into the vacant spots, we arc slowly
all these foreigners arriveupon thescene ^ U p 0 n the stage The
having a European situation recreated m Asia Asiatic Powers. Already we have Great
great European Powers are also bec0 ^ugthe b J A k of all tbe smaller European
Britain, Russia, France, Germany, and Turkey , and toen,^^ ^ ^ East _ Ja p an> China,
kingdoms and principalities, we ha\e th ^ of them strong and robust, the majority con-
Tibet, Siam, Afghanistan Persia, on y f g ^ ^ tui8 renewed contact or
taining the seeds of inevitable decay, there lie m tu

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Printed at the GC [Government Central] Press, Simla.

The volume is divided into three parts: Part I (folios 5-47) containing an introduction; Part II (folios 48-125) containing a detailed account; and Part III (folios 126-188) containing despatches and correspondence connected with Part I Chapter IV ('The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ', folios 28-47).

Part I gives an overview of policy and events in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region during Curzon's period as Viceroy [1899-1905], with sections on British policy in Persia; the maintenance and extension of British interests; Seistan [Sīstān]; and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Part II contains more detailed accounts of selected topics, including sections on British policy in Persia, customs and finance, quarantine, administration, communications, and British and Russian activity in Seistan. The despatches and correspondence in Part III include correspondence from the Government of India in the Foreign Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Viceroy; addresses and speeches by Curzon; and notes of interviews between Curzon and local rulers.

Mss Eur F111/531-534 consist of four identical printed and bound volumes. However, the four volumes each show a small number of different manuscript annotations and corrections.

This volume is inscribed: '1907' on the title page (folio 4), and contains a manuscript correction (folio 20).

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1 volume (188 folios)
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The volume contains a list of Parts I-III on folio 4; a table of contents of Part I on folio 6; a table of contents of Part II on folio 49; and a table of contents of Part III on folios 127-129, which gives a reference to the paragraph of Part I Chapter IV that the despatch or correspondence is intended to illustrate.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 190; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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'SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS AND MEASURES OF THE VICEROYALTY OF HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON, VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. I. JANUARY 1899-APRIL 1904. II. DECEMBER 1904-NOVEMBER 1905. VOLUME IV. PERSIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF.' [‎7r] (18/384), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/531, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100070109007.0x000013> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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