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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.' [‎20v] (45/384)

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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M f sheiT * In'lSM “he ruil-he^"^^ at^QueTta^ By 1905 the line had been
prolonged to ^hW a^stance^fJ^iles.^A short .^here^onu
starting pomtfor caravans. Water abounds; supplies are plentiful; and ample
PaSt The tradewas young, and needed careful tending. Resort to artificial
The tiade y o bounties was sternly disapproved. But
Encouragement of trade. ^ legitimate assistance was withheld.
Substantial loans were granted to finance the operations of the pioneers in trade,
inofficial agent was appointed for a term to canvas traffic in the markets of
the Indian frontier and in Khorasan. The railway system, winch links the
ade roum with the ports and marts of Western India, lent its aid; and
special rates of freight were granted for consignments to or from the Persian
frontier. Favourable Customs regulations were enacted; and merchants, who
passed their goods in bulk from the Indian port of entry to the Persian border,
could claim a refund which reduced the fiscal charges on the transit trade to
an inappreciable fraction of the normal dues. The introduction of the new
Persian tariff was the occasion for the grant of assistance in a somewhat
unusual form. The revised tariff became operative on the 14th lebruary
1903. a month earlier than had generally been expected, with the result that
several traders, who had already despatched their caravans from Quetta to
Persia by the Seistan route, were unable either to import their goods into 1 ersia
before the enhanced duties were imposed along its frontiers or to recal their
caiavans. The abnormal drought of two consecutive seasons had already
imposed a serious check on the traffic of the new icute, and, with a view
to mitigating the further effect of the sudden imposition of the increased rates
of duty, the Government of India decided to grant to traders a refund of the
difference between the enhanced Customs actually levied on the Persian frontier
and the dues which would have been leviable under the old taiiff, on all goods
despatched from Quetta, or already collected there for export to Persia, before
the 1st April 1903. The statistics of trade by the new route show that the
efforts expended on it have produced results, which, if
show that the
small, are still
•aging.
Imports.
Exports.
Total.
Us.
a.
P-
Rs.
a.
P-
Rs.
a.
P-
1897-98
... 3,05,608
0
0
2,84,321
8
0
5,89,929
8
0
1898-99
... 3,46,823
34
0
3,81,258
9
3
7,28,082
7
3
1899-00
... 6,82,019
3
9
5,53,392
12
0
12,35,411
15
9
1900-01
... 7,48,021
0
0
7,86,431
ft
0
15,34,452
0
0
1901-02
... 7,39,493
0
0
11,99,144
0
0
19,38,637
0
0
1902-03
5,74,650
0
0
4,65,649
0
0
10,40,299
0
0
1903-01
... 4,75,471
0
0
5,64,987
0
0
10,40,458
0
0
1904-05
... 7,01,171
0
0
9,20,446
0
0
16,21,617
0
0
But political influence in Seistan could not be acquired by measures taken
on Indian soil alone. It was soon apparent that British interests required
. „ . the appointment of a permanent Agent in
Appointment of a Consul m Setstan. u has already been seen hoWj in
June of 1898, the news arrived from Meshed that the Russians were themselves
about to post a Vice-Consul to Seistan in the person of M. Zeidler; and how, as
a temporary measure, it had been arranged that Major Sykes should leave his
post in Kerman and proceed to Nasratahad. Major Sykes arrived in Seistan at
the beginning of January 1899, and was recognised as the first British Consul
for Seistan and Kain. But his stay in Seistan w 7 as short: the summer months
were passed in the cooler climate of Birjand; and when in the autumn the
provisional Consul returned to Nasratabad, it was only to make a brief halt
before again leaving for Kerman. M. Zeidler had still not arrived. Hardly,
however, had Major Sykes departed, ■when in December 1899 the intelligence
was received that a M. Miller was already on his way to take up the appoint
ment of Vice-Consul for Russia iu Seistan. It was again necessary to depute
a British representative. M. Miller reached Seistan on the 14th February
1900 ; and Major Trench arrived at Nasratabad only a few weeks later. Major
Trench was already designated as British Consul-General at Meshed, and at

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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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