'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.' [170v] (345/386)
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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2. Your Excellency will observe that the Secretary of State for Foreign affairs
agrees in the conclusion arrived at by your Government that the° sale or
lease of Gwadur to the Khan of Kalnt would not, strictly speaking, be in contra
vention of the Anglo-French Declaration of 1862. Lord Lansdowne anticipates
however, that the transaction would be strongly opposed by the French Govern
ment, who would have at least colourable grounds for their opposition.
3 In these pircumstances, His Majesty’s Government are of opinion that
it would not be judicious to raise the question at the present time.
f cv 4 ;. 1 ^ refereTlce to the alternative suggestion made in the final paragraph
of Sir Ihomas Sanderson’s letter of the 29th October, I may observe that 'there
might he inconvenience in making an arrangement that might furnish a pre
cedent that could afterwards be used by other Powers for endeavouring to
negotiate the lease of the Customs at some port in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
or on the
1 ersian httoral. Moreover, the situation of Gwadur brings it so indisputably
within the preponderating influence of the British Government, that the warn
ing already conveyed by Tour Excellency’s Government to the Sultan of
Maskat (which I approve and confirm) of your determination to prohibit anv
association of that portion of his territory with another Power, may be expected
to prevent effectually any interference of the kind thaf Yrm».
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship’s most obedient, humble Servant,
GEORGE HAMILTON.
38
No. 26 (Secret—External), dated Fort William, the 26th February 1903.
From Hie Government of India in the Foreign Department,
To 1 he Fight Hox’ble Lord George F. Hamilton, G G.S.I., His Maiesfv'*
Secretary of State for India. ’ Majesty's
39
No. 113 (Secret—External), dated Simla, the 10th July 1902.
° State" 1 forlndia. ^ GE0EGE ^ IIa5ulios > His “^y’s Secretary of
We have the honour to forward, for the consideration of His Majesty’s
* vr „ no i , . .. rwrcitm w-i 4- o t ■ . "
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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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- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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