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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.' [‎6r] (16/386)

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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CONTENTS.
PART I.
INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER I.
British Policy in Persia.
Page
British interests in Persia, 1899—Special interest in the Persian Gulf—
Special interests in Seistan—Russian activity—Activity of other
European Powers—Russian objects—Previous exchanges of views
between Great Britain and Russia regarding Persia—British policy.
Three possible lines—Joint action with Russia—Independent action—
Partition into spheres of influence. Lord Curzon's views—Opinion
of His Majesty’s Government—Further Russian activity. Insis
tence by Lord Curzon—Pronouncement to Persian Government-
Public declaration of British policy—Overtures to the Russian Gov
ernment regarding the partition of Persia into spheres of influence—
British policy in the event of Russian aggression in North Persia—
Lord Curzon’s views—Views of Imperial Defence Committee,
March 1905
CHAPTER II.
The maintenance and extension of British interests,
1899—1905.
Persian Finance—First Russian loan, 1900—Proposed British loan—
Second Russian loan, 1902—First British loan, 1903—Supplement
ary British loan, 1904 —The Belgian Customs—Opposition to the
new Regime —“ Pars and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ’’—Tariff revision—The
Russian^ Tariff Convention—British Tariff Convention—British
Consular Representation in Persia—Proposal to appoint an Indian
Officer at Tehran—Steps to improve the personnel—Consular
escorts—Expenditure in Persia—Central Persia Telegraph line-
improved communications in Persia—The Bakhtiuri road—The
Lur road—The Persian Transport Company—Proposed British
motor service—Proposed road Bunder Abbas to Bam—Mr. Maclean’s
Mission—Commercial Mission to South-East Persia . •
CHAPTER III.
Seistan.
The position in Seistan prior to 1899—Lord Curzon advocates a more
active policy—The lease of Nusbki—The Nushki trade route—En-
courao-ement of trade— Appointment of a Consul in Seistan—Open
ing of a branch of the Imperial Bank of Persia in Seistan—In-
stitution of a Postal Service—Telegraph extension to the Persian
The Seistan Arbitration Commission— r lhe Boundary
Award— The Water Award— Perso-Baluch Boundary—Russian
opposition. M. Miller—The Belgian Customs Administration-
Harassment of British trade—The passport system—Relations of the
British Consul with the Belgian offic ials—The Hashmat-ul-Mulk—
Russian attempts to purchase Seistan—Russian Quarantine
Cordon— Russian telegraph activity—Hashtadan Boundary .
CHAPTER IV.
The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Unparalleled prominence of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. question-Russian de-
^Us-Russian quest of a naval base-Hussian railway survey-
indirect establishment of Russian influence—Visits ot Ruslan
war-vessels— Russian consular establishment—Russian navigation
and commerce— French activity—Grant of French flags—French
attempt to obtain a naval base—Indirect efforts to increase Iiench
influence—German activity—Belgian enterprise—Pan-Islamic op
position to Britain—Activity of Great Britain—-British naval
strategy—Bassidore—Khor Musa and Khor Abdullah-British
naval "surveys—British naval organisation—British naval demon
strations—Lord Curzon s cruise—B.itish consular establishments,
guards and residences—British sanitary organisation—British
mercantile navigation and commerce—Marine surve)s Accelera ed
“earner service-Extension of the telegraph-Land surveys and
explonitions—Pearl H®! 101 '* 68 —rolitical his^iry—Omaa
and Gwadur—Trucial Oman-El Katr—Bahrein LI -L
Koweit—Central Arabia- Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. -Arabist a n-C cast of
Fars, Gulf Ports and Islands—Persian Mekran—Political lev lew of
the period ...*••
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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 8, 11-12, 14, 42 (a sixteen word note concerning the use by the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait] of a distinctive colour [flag] for Kuwait shipping), and 62-66.

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1 volume (189 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 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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