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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.' [134v] (273/386)
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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No. 92 (Secret — External), dated Simla, the 29th May 1902.
From—The Government of Iniia in the Foreign Department,
To-Tho Rimt Lord Gsorgs F. Himii.tok, Hi s M.jerty's Secretary of
Wo have tlia honour ti forward, for the information of Ilis Mahatv’a
Government, a copy of tlte oorreaponlenoe m irlod in th ; accompmy in- list
th^Persfan GulT^ 8 C ' ,r ‘ njtl0n of a Britwh tralia S sattloannt at Bassidore io
2 The circumstances connected with the British occupation of Bassidorn
are already known to Your Lordship (see the Viceroy’s tolc-ram (Intel
the 18th March 1899). The settlement dates from 1820; but o.u o cupa on
has for many years been indicated only by the presence of a native coal a-ent
who, however, has habitually flown the British flag. We have been mr,h!«
to ascertain from our records the exaot limits of the tract which was -ranted
to the British Government by the Sultan of Maskat in 1820; but, as a result
o commumcation w‘th our PoUtica! Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, we have
lecided provisionally that, whatever may have been the limits of the ori-inal
gran , our jurisdiction must for the present be confined to the area over
which the lersian authorities have exercised no control. This area is plainly
indicated in the tracing attached to Colonel Kemhall’s letter No 38 dated the
23rd February 1902, to which we invite Your Lordship’s attention
^? Z a , encoura gement to this enterprise, since wc desire before authorising
"k™ sjstsrf "* *,*««— ob5h“ bS™ 5
» l .TotK Lti“ .““r? ” s “” bt
understand included ! ° ! u Portuguese settlement, whioh wo
YouV n SSp n ^ul ffT £ f 9 ' emmlit oTtlfe general
6
Memorandum by Sir T. Sanderson.
POREIGN OFPICE
(Confidential.)
July 190.2.
A meeting took place at the Foreign Office on the 1 nth TnUr r
the various questions which hml i W111( ; e ° i n . t,ie lut h July to discuss
Office with re-ard to the occunS y f b ?", ra ‘ Sed in lettm from the India
event of Russian encroachment in tlmlVsiarG^df adja ,? e ",‘ lslands in , t, l ' e
pursued with regard to thn i ± '® rsiaa Oulr, and the course to be
Kishm. ° the Britlsh statlon Bassidore on the island of
There were present :—
On behalf of the India Office—
Sir W. Lee-Warner,
On behalf of the Admiralty—
Rear-Adu,ir.il Custance, Director of Naval Intelligence.
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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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- '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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:190v, back-i
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- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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