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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.' [87r] (178/386)
The record is made up of 1 volume (189 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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CEIAPTEU IX.
Consular Guards.
When Lord Curzon assumed office the total number of Consular Guards
in Persia numbered 70. The Resident at Bushire had for some time been
supported by a small Infantry Guard of 56 men and a mounted escort of 9
sowars, while at Meshed the Consul-General had a detachment of 5 Indian
Troopers.
2. In April 1901 Sir A. Hardinge reported that M. Pokitanoff, _ who had
acted very high handedly while Consul
British Consular escort at Ispahan, a) . j^esht, had been appointed Russian
Consul-General at Bushire and that Consular officers were shortly to be placed
at Shiraz, Mohammerah and Bunder Abbas each with his detachment of Russian
Cossacks. It was decided to take active steps to assert our influence and to
show the Persian Government that this Russian advance to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
would not be allowed to pass unchallenged. Sir A. Hardinge proposed a
contingent of a 100 or 150 men to be distributed between Tabriz, Resht, Tehran,
Ispahan, Mohammerah, and Bunder Abbas. Lord Curzon on being consulted
telegraphed on the 5th June 3901 giving the “heartiest support” to the
proposal. His Lordship suggested that detachments should also be sent to Ker
man and Shiraz and expressed willingness to station Indian Guards equal in
number to the Russian escorts at all places in Northern Persia and guards
slightly superior at all points in Southern Persia. Lord Curzon considered nu-
merical superiority in the south of great importance so as to emphasise our
unchallenged paramountcy in that region.
A scheme showing the cost of (a) a Cavalry contingent and, {b) an Infantry
contingent was transmitted to the Secretary of State in July 1901 with the
stron 0 ‘°support of the Government of India, who considered that the former
force would be more useful and appropriate for the purpose.
In the meanwhile Russian activity showed abatement and Sir A.
Hardinge considered that for the present it would be sufficient to send a guard
of 16 men viz , one equal in number to the escort of the Russian.Consul-Geneial
at Isnahan as a permanent measure. Eventually 1 non-commissioned officers
and 12 sowars were sent to Ispahan in September 1901,1,ord Curzon espressmg
a hope that the despatch of this small number to start with would not lead to
the abandonment of the larger proposal.
3 In December 1902 Sir A. Hardinge informed the Foreign Office that the
d. in i/coL Russian Minister had received mstruc-
Proposed scheme of Consular escorts. ^ p rocee d Qn a tour of inspection
in Southern Persia in order to study the best means of extending Russian trade
and political influence on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and that be would be accompanied
bv an escort of 21 Cossacks. The Minister suggested that it might be worth while
renBint to this display of Russian interest in Southern Persia by sending a
detllhmpntrf Indian sowars to Tehran, and-sbould the
at Bushire and Shiraz—to Tabriz or Resht as well, inese proposals
were refeimd to the Government of India for opinion and m a despatch dated
7th May 1903, Lord Curzon’s Government replied to the following eflee .
In Tnl v 1901 as a retort to Russian military activity in Persia, they had
In July UUi, as a yet r i guards contingent organised m six
sketched a scheme provi f 2 . flail tin a-men and J followers to be sta*
independent troops, each consisting of 24 figtognmn^n^
tioiiedatTyriz.Kesht, iehran Isj K ed Russian guards had been
appeared, however, that the strengt 1 J ; non-commissioned officers
overstated, so eventually * lyts^jahan and the ^consideration of the larger
and 12 sowars was despatched I n s l jal r “ s a “., 0 „ osalsthe Government of India
scheme was suspended for the tim . P The location of Consular guards
now revived subject to certam but h uas recommended that
bSU” SiT™ »* •——*
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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 contains manuscript additions on folios 3, 11, 13-15, 64-65, and 89.
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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 191; 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.'
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- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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