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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.' [‎137v] (279/386)

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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the hiatus quo on which he has based a representation to the Porte referred to in
his despatch dated the 4th April 1902, ^o. ?. But he thinks tliat it would
be possible to press for the withdrawal of the Turkish post from the island and
to inform the Porte after some months, if this representation should produce no
result, that unless the Turkish force is withdrawn, we shall be constrained to
support the Sheikh in establishing a post on the (? the island). He suggests,
however, that the whole force will probably be removed before very long if the
question is allowed to lie dormant as the number of troops in occupation has
been reduced during the last two years from 20 to 6, and he asks that it may
be ascertained definitely whether any Turkish troops are still on the island.
Please furnish this information and let me have your opinion on Sir N.
O’Conors views. He also points out that the Turks will take it as a practical
abandonment by His Majesty’s Government of the Sheikh’s claim to Urn Kasr
if we ask only for the evacuation of Bubiyan without mentioning the former.
10
Telegram No. 1358.E.A., dated Simla, the 27th April 1904.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Bubiyan Island. Please refer to your telegram dated the 22rd April 1904.
Enquiry has been made through the Besident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. whether
there are still Turkish troops in the island. The case of the Government of
India is stated in paragraph 5 of our despatch, dated the 4th February 1904.
Sheikh Mubarak s claim to Um Kasr has been weakened by acquiescence in
the occupation of that place by the Turks, who have constructed a considerable
fort there apparently in infringement of the status quo. As His Majesty’s
Government were only prepared in 1902 to resist Turkish advance on Subieh,
I did not suppose that the Sheikh’s claim to Um Kasr would be supported, more
especially as it rests mainly on his ancestral connection with the place which
ceased in the 17th century. His claim to Bubiyan is much stronger, while
Turkish claims and de facto postion there are much weaker. Moreover there
is substantial geographical distinction between the mainland, where the Turks
have long been in the neighbourhood, and the island where they are not known
ever to have been at all. I would urge that the matter be not allowed to rest
and that the lurks should either be required to withdraw their troops and
destroy their post on .Bubiyan and to recognise this as an integral portion
of the Sheikh s possession, or that he should be allowed to erect I post on the
island as proposed by us. His claims to Um Kasr might be utilised to secure
this result. J t the present position continues much longer after matter has
been prominently brought to notice during my tour to the Gulf it will hereafter
be almost impossible to assert the claims of the Sheikh to the island, on which
our right to be consulted in any railway scheme affecting Khor Abdulla could
most easily be based Our influence in Koweit and the neighbourhood will
certainly be weakened, if we do not secure the Sheikh’s rights about which he
spoke to me.
11
No. 7 (Confidential-r-Marine), dated Simla, the 9th October 1902.
From The Government of India, Marine Department,
To T he ^ IG s H J it ^^®^ 0ED Ueobge Francis Hamilton, His Majesty's Secretary
l‘ ave e 1 T our *° a ? d r ess Your Lordship on the subject of placing
armaments on board vessels of the Koyal Indian Marine, with special reference
*A, Th 0 r 6 Lawrence 10 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . We have not overlooked the
tact that the Lawrence built on the understanding that the duties to be
'AA- 1 " b> ‘ ?r ? r U A Strictly "oo-comhatant, nor that when last the
Januarv ^°!' d I f t imbe ^ ey in 1,is Military despatch No. 7, dated 12th
Januaiy 18Jo, refused to allow the armamentWhich had been provided for

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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.' [‎137v] (279/386), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/534, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100070118030.0x000050> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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