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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.' [‎157v] (319/386)

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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iratcrs as ordinarily recognised by international law. It is also worth noting
that the above contention is supported by the authority of tie Swiss publicist,
Yattel, who in his “Droit des Gens ” remarked, in discussing the question as
far back as the eighteenth century, “ Qui doutera que les pecberh's do perles
de Bahrein et de Ceylon ne puiVent legitimement tomber en propriete?” We
believe, therefore, that our claim to exclude all foreign pearling vessels from
the limits of the fisheries at present worked by the tribes within our protec*
borate might, if challenged, be defended with a reasonable chance of success.
6. There remains, however, the case of foreign exploitation of deep waters
outside the sphere in which we believe that it may be shown that immemorial
usage and occupation have conferred prescriptive rights. In this still wider
area w'e doubt whether we possess claims in support of which we could appeal
to any law or international practice, and we fear that possible detriment to the
pearl banks in which we bold prescriptive rights w r ould furnish no valid ground
for objecting to legitimate foreign enterprise outside the sphere of Arab
occupation ; but by authorising the Chiefs to abstain from all intercourse with
such interlopers and to utilise the powers which they possess of interdicting the
importation of foreign diving appliances, of refusing to lend any assistance in
men, boats 6r in any other form, or, if necessary in the last resort, of removing
any such foreigner from their territories, we might succeed in putting such
serious impediments in the way of such enterprises as w ould discourage outsider's
from engaging in them.
7. The question is fortunately not one in which we are at present called
upon to decide as to the exact nature of the rights or the precise limits of
the jurisdiction which the several Chiefs possess, and which we, as the
Paramount Power, are bound to assert and maintain on their behalf ; but in
view of the possibility of further attempts, whether by British companies or
ky foreign capitalists, we think it advisable to be prepared in advance. We
shall, therefore, he glad to know whether His Majesty's Government concur
in the view r s above set forth, and to receive any instructions w r hich it may be
deemed advisable to issue for the guidance of our local officers iu the event of
renewed adventures of a more determined character.
24
Secret.
Ko. 8.
India. Office, London,
81st March 1905.
To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor-General of
India in Council.
My Lord,
On receipt of your Excellency’s letter No. G3 of the 10th March 1901, on
Pearl fisheries in tb. Persian Golf. question of the pearl fisheries in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , I entered into communica
tion with the Eoreign Office with a view to obtaining the opinion of the Law
Officers of the Crown upon the legal and international points raised by your
Excellency’s Government.
2, I enclose herewith, for the information and guidance of the Govern
ment of India, a copy of the correspond
deuce.*
3. Your Excellency will see that the
Law Officers of the Crowm have no doubt
as to the rights of the tribes in such waters
as may justly be considered territorial.
Outside territorial waters, they are inclined
to hold that the exclusive rights of the
;i ± /u* v. n • i . tribes might be maintained to banks in
regard to w Inch their exclusive possession is capable of historical proof; but they
•To Foreign Office, dated 30th June 1904, and
enclosure.
From Fore : gn Office, dated 16th July 1904.
To Foreign Office, dated 10th August l&Ol, and
enclosure.
From Foreign Office, dated 27th October 1904, and
enclosure.
From Foreign Office, dated 25th February 1905,
and enclosure.
To Foreign Office, dated 8th March 1905,
From Foreign Office, dated 20th March 1905.

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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.' [‎157v] (319/386), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/534, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100070118030.0x000078> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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