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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.' [‎112r] (228/386)

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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hut wlion in January 1902 he proceeded to establish a post at Mirjawa,
in spite of Major Bonn’s warnings that Mirjawa was in a debatable area,
Captain Webb Ware addressed a letter to M. Molitor warning him to con
fine tbe movements of tbe Customs Officers to Persian territory and not to
violate the boundary, adding that should any collision with British officials
occur M. Molitor must accept the responsibility. This letter was delivered to
M. Cesari at Ladis, two days after he had visited Padaha and had been requested
by the Duffadar A Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry. in charge of the levy post to withdraw, and it was forwarded
by him to M. Molitor, whose action and the subsequent violent proceedings of
M. Cesari on the frontier will be found described in paragraph 4, pages 127-125.
79. Meanwhile the Persian Government had objected to the location of the
British levy post at Padaha, and the most exaggerated rumours, charging
Captain Webb Ware with violence and threats of violence to the Customs
officials, were sedulously propagated to inflame opinion in Tehran, London
and St. Petersburg.
On 11th November 1901, Sir Arthur Hardinge wrote to the Government
of India informing them that the Persian Government were certain to make a
formal remonstrance against the action of Captain Webb Ware, and inquiring the
views of the Government of India about the ownership of Padaha.
On 10th Pebruary 1902, Lord Curzon’s Government replied to the follow
ing effect. The boundary laid down by the British and Persian Commissioners
in^lSOO, was surveyed and demarcated only as far as pillar No. 11, which, in the
Agreement, dated 24th March 189G, was described as being situated “on the
e( ]?r e 0 f the right bank of the Talab watercourse and about one mile east. of
the Gorani date groves.” From this point northwards to Koh-i-Malik Siah
the boundary was neither demarcated nor accurately surveyed, but was simply
described and was marked out in accordance with tbe description on tbe existing
maps of this part of the country, which had since been found to be inaccurate.
The des'Tipti m* of the boundary contained
* Give,, in paragraph 75 an.e, page 118 . in ^ Agreement of 24th March 1896 was
then cited and the reply continued.
From this description, and from the report of the British Commissioner, it appeared that
the intention was that, from the point where the boundary leaves the river,- it was to follow
the main watershed of the mountains up to Malik Siah K<>h. Kecent and more accuiate sur
veys had brought to light two points in which the description of the boundary is doubtful.
The first is that it is doubtful whether there is any river which is known locally as the Mir jaw*
river In the maps of the loe dity the upper waters of the Talab river are described as the
Minawa river, while the st ream which runs from the Mirjawa to the Talab is locally known as
the Padaha stream. The point, therefore where the boundary is to leave the river is uncertain.
The second is that the straight line from the Kaeha Koh to Koh-i-Malik Siah does not coincide
with the watershed. There are, moreover, no cairns or pillars along this part of the boundary,
and consequently its position is unknown to the inhabitants.
The Government of India agreed that under existing circumstances it was
desirable that this part of the boundary should be properly demarcated on the
ground, so that all doubts as to the limits of Persian territory should he set at
rest As regards the line which the revised boundary should follow, it seemed
clear from the Agreement of 1896, that the British Government could claim
nothing on tbe right bank of the Talab river, but on tlm other hand it was
equally obvious that tbe river was the boundary up to a poiut m tbe neighbour
hood of Miriawa which bad still to be determined, and tbe contention of the
Government of India was that, when that point bad been determined, tbe line,
according to tbe intention of the agreement, should follow the mam watershed
up to the Koh-i-Malik Siah. The case seemed to beonem which, m the absence
of accurate geographical data, an agreement ought, without much difficulty,
to be suggested by the representatives of the two parties on the spot, lernaps
the line which would best suit the interests of both Governments would be one
that would follow the course of the so-called Mirjawa river to its source near
Duzdap, and, including Duzdap on the British side, because of its usefulness
in respect of supplies for the Seistan trade route, would then follow the crest
of the hills through the Larkoh to Koh-i-Malik Siah. The tracts under discus
sion were not in any case of much intrinsic value, and were not voi t i\ 0 6
the subject of sustained controversy between the two Governments. Ihe

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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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