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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.' [‎128v] (261/386)

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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4
Serial
No.
Paragraph of Chapter IV
which despatch or correspond
ence is intended to illustrate.
Despatch or
correspondence.
Subject.
Page No.
48
Bahrein
• • •
Telegram, dated J51h
February 1905.
Instructions of the Secre
tary of State regarding
the same.
90—91
49
Ditto ...
11 •
Memorandum ...
Ultimatum to the Sheikh
of Bahrein.
91—93
50
Ditto ...
• ••
No. 178 (Secret E.)
of 14th September
1905 (with Appen
dix A).
British policy in Bahrein
93—97
51
Ditto ...
No. 34 (Secret) of 10th
November 1903.
Ditto
97
52
El Hassa
...
No. 74 (Secret E.) of
31st March 1904.
British commercial in
terests at Katif.
98—99
63
Ditto ...
• ••
No. 33 (Secret) of 5th
August 1904.
Ditto
99
54
Ditto ...
...
No. 231 (Secret E.)
of 8th December
1904.
Piracy
100—102
55
Ditto ...
4 • #
No. 167 (Secret E.) of
31sfc August 1905.
Ditto
102—103
56
Ditto ...
...
Telegram, dated 17th
October 1905.
Ditto ...
103
57
Koweit and
Arabia.
Central
Telegram No 935-E.A.,
dated 8th June 1901.
British policy at Koweit
and in Central Arabia.
103—104
58
Koweit and
Arabia.
Central
Telegram, dated 28th
June 1901.
Ditto ...
104
59
Ditto
...
Telegram No. 1057-
E A., dated 1st July
1901.
. Ditto
104
60
Ditto
• ••
Telegram, dated 23rd
July 1901.
Ditto ...
104—105
61
Ditto
...
Telegram No. 1361-
E.A., dated 10th
August 1901.
Ditto
105
62
Ditto
Telegram, dated 12th
August 1901.
Ditto
105
63
Ditto
...
Telegram No. 1436-
E.A., dated 18th
August 1901.
Ditto
106
64
Ditto
...
Telegram, dated 80th
August 1901.
Ditto
106
65
Ditto
Telegram No. 1537-
E A., dated 4th
September 1901.
Ditto
106
66
Ditto
Telegram, dated 6th
September 1901.
Ditto ...
107

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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.

Extent and format
1 volume (189 folios)
Arrangement

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.

Physical characteristics

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.' [‎128v] (261/386), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/534, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100070118030.0x00003e> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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