'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.' [33v] (71/386)
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and in particular to meet the demand for sanitary precautions on the coast of
Persia which followed the outbreak of bubonic plague in India m 18.)6. In
1897 the Persian Government delegated their sanitary powers in respect of the
whole Persian coast to the British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Surgeon at Bushire, and consent-
ed that Brit : sh medical subordinates should be placed in sanitary charge of the
norts of Mohammerab, Bushire, Lingah, Bandar Abbas and Jask ; this was an
pvrnt of no small political significance, for it not only emphasised the
predominant interest 1 of Great Britain in
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
affairs, but also
removed a pretext of which the Russians were ready to avail themselves for
political interference at the Gulf Ports. In 1899, a small outbreak of plague
having occurred at Bushire, an expert was despatched from India to cope with
the situation; the prospect of compulsory sanitary precautions excited a
popular disturbance at Bushire, hut it was repressed by the local authorities
without having attained serious proportions, and the disease did not spread
beyond Bushire town where it shortly died out. Except for this slight con
tretemps the sanitary arrangements worked smoothly at all the Persian ports.
In 1903, an endeavour by the Persian Imperial Customs to supplant the British
medical *staff in the sanitary control of the Persian ports was defeated; and a
further attempt, made in 1904 by the doctor of the French Vice-Consulate in
coniunction with the Customs authorities, to restrict the functions of the British
'
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Surgeon at Bushire to the harbour and shipping was equally unsuc
cessful. *Both°of these efforts to annul the arrangement of 1897 were coun
tenanced by the Persian Government, and the encroachments of the Customs
officials did not finally cease until a stern diplomatic protest had been addressed
by the British Minister at Tehran to the Persian Government.
The introduotion of sanitary precautions at Maskat and Gwadur was
attended by some difficulty on account of the opposition of the Sultan of Oman ;
hut that potentate was gradually brought to a reasonable view of the
situation and in 1900 he voluntarily placed his preventive establishment under
the control of the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Surgeon at Maskat. A sanitary system was
also introduced at Bahrein in 1897 under British advice, but its benefits were
more than neutralised by the covert opposition of the Sheikh, and in 1900 the
Government of India were constrained to insist upon its abolition ; in 1905,. on
the reappearance of plague in Bahrein, a subordinate of the Indian medical
establishment was sent there to take charge of measures which the Indian Gov
ernment had resolved to introduce, but the disease disappeared before his arrival
and no further steps were taken. The Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrein,
founded by private subscription in 1901 and opened in 1905, was taken over by
the Government of India who are now responsible for its maintenance ; and in
1901 a dispensary was opened at Koweit in connection with the British Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
established at that port.
In view of the endeavours
larger share of the trade of the
British navigation and commerce.
of Bussia from 1900 onwards to capture a
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, in view also of the increased
mercantile activity in the Gulf of Ger
many and other nations, it was important
thftt no means of strengthening the predominance of British commerce should
be neglected. The steps taken to foster British trade included the execution
of new marine surveys* the acceleration of passenger communication and
mails, the improvement of telegraphic facilities, and the despatch to Persia of
two commercial missions which also served to some extent the interests of
trade in the Gulf. A number of these measures were advantageous to foreign
as w*eU as to British merchants, but the prestige of their execution remained
with Great Britain, and British trade being the largest in volume benefited most
by the improvements. The subject of the commercial missions has already been
disposed of and we accordingly deal here with the remaining subjects only.
The principal points in the Gulf at which it was sought to increase the
conveniences for merchant shipping were Bushire, Koweit, Bahrein and the
mouth of the Shat-el-Arab; the survey
of the southern approach to Bassidore,
which has already been mentioned under another heading, was also in part
commercial. The resurvey of Bushire harbour was chiefly for the purpose of
ascertaining whether large vessels could be brought into the inner anchorage;
it was carried out in 1904 with the consent of the Persian Government; and
the result was to show that, while the deepening of the inner harbour and its
Marine surveys.
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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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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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- '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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