'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.' [‎121r] (246/386)

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"\,TocV»prl ^pi^tan line to balance the Russians there and that they should be
the Mesh messages in English. The party at Robat were, however, only
instructed to accept mMsagesirU^DoUs . therefore be employed as proposed.
vTSeren ' o ^Go ernmcnt of ladia telegram o£ the 17th March Sxr
Withreterenee to i e « followin'' day that the Persian Government
again in a note to the "In >; 0 Persian Government contemplated con-
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Nasratabad with the Indian frontier at Koh-i-Malih Siah.
oo The issuranco that tlie Meshed-Seistan line would notbe transferred to
the ^Russians was
dated the 14th November .If^N^X-ed Dowleh had informed him that
Sir A. Hardmgereported that the Mushwed l»o eonsented umlel . re newed
on the Meshed-Seistan line.
O, Tn these circumstances t\ e G orernment of India proposed to the Score-
as regards signallers and ^ Hardinge’s warning (o the
the line should be claimed .» ifentical with those
Persian Government Viceroy said it would be preferable
granted to the Russians. , At ’“Vnlang up Nasratahad and Robat and
to obtain compensation elsewhe.e orther n section. Meanwhile
in retumto witlidraw, atany i ^ o connection suggested by the Govern-
Sir A. Hardinge had hecn Passing Mimhir-ed-Dowleh an avowal that per-
ment of India and had extracted f.-om tte Mu h^ J line from KuC hau to
mission had been given for the con.Ii o . ^ shah to tl)e Russians
the Transcaspian frontier. 111 by the Persian Minister for
the British demand " a s coiiside sett ) eme nt oHhe question must await the
foreign Affairs who added that ^""mn, and Sir A. Hardinge tele-
* Tide Chapter XV, paragraph TO, pages 115 H6. „ ra pbed that he Was “pretty COllfaLCn
Of obtaining it.” The matter was ^i 11 p^.C' 1 ^ 0 VecisTot
V:efore Lord Cul ' zon left
Indl ‘ 3 5. These two questions from ti^^^^HeheTes'to' 1 dealing
The position of the Kashmatul Mulk g eistan) am t, jointly, were the occasion of
revenue^grain to theRussian Banh. vevy important pronouncements being
mole 1)J' Hi, to the Goverumeot o( tlio SUoli » t„.
suhiect of British interest in that province.
36. On 23th April 1901 Lord Curzon telographed p^'pase
that there were rumours that Russia ' C0 £ om p ers i a His Excellency pointed
Seistan or the farming of beistan revenu ^ ly expanding trade and
out that any such action would be latal to our tapui y ^ i^ su ^ estion was
would constitute a grave ultouormenac ^^^^ of , ^ j n t ere st taken by the
made that an intimation to the lersiau G to acquiesce in its extinction,
British Government in 3eistan, an ‘ l ° , te(1 _ f.ord Lansdowne communicated
might forestall any such mo^e i n P gj r Hardinge, and concluded with
the substance of the Viceroy’s telegramtoS.rA.mramg^ ^
paragraphs 56-59.)