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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.' [‎175r] (354/386)

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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vonr proposals are approved by ITis Majesty’s Government :—(1) As regards
the ptmisliment of ring-leaders. Hogging should be dispensed with as in the
circumstances there are obvious objections to it. Their expulsion or imprison
ment will suffice. Constitution of a tribunal to try the ringleaders is left to
vour discretion. (2) His Majesty’s Government consider it inexpedient to adopt
vour proposal as to the occupation of the Custom House for the reason that the
connection of Customs difficulties and lavv-lessness of Sheikh Ali and his Arabs
and with Sheikh Esa’s incompetence to control them is so remote. Such action
might rouse suspicions injurious to our interests elsewhere in the Gulf. Care
must be taken that the force employed to coerce the Sheikh is sufficient.
49
Memorandum of demands made bv the Officiating Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. upon Sheikh Isa Bin Ali, Chief of Bahrein,
by order of the Government of India.
I am desired, first, to remind you of the long continued friendship and
support which have been accorded by the British Government to the rulers of
Bahrein.
2. I have need to remind you that these favours have also been extended
to you personally.
Upon the death of your father, Sheikh Ali bin Khalifah, the British
Government caused the usurper, Muhammad bin Abdulla, to be expelled and
yourself installed in your father’s place. You have ever since received the
support of the British Government.
3. In Eebruary 1901, you were notified by the Resident that, in accordance
with your express wish, the British Government recognised your son, Sheikh
Hamed, as your success to the Chieftainship.
4. They further offered you the services of a British officer to administer
with more efficiency the customs of Bahrein. This offer you refused.
5. These are evidences of the friendly and benevolent spirit which has
been consistently displayed tow r ards you by the British Government.
You owe, in the main, to them your present position, the means that you
enjoy and your continued occupation of the Chieftainship.
6 Notwithstanding these facts, and notwithstanding the assurances which
have been given by you, especially on the occasion of the impiisonment in
1873 of a mail agent in the employ of a British Trading Company, w hen you
promised to abide “ Inshalla ” by the advice of the Eolitical Resident, you ha^e
not maintained your friendship towards the British Government and have con
ducted yourself in a manner which cannot be permitted to continue.
7 You have now refused to accept advice w hich I have repeatedly offeted
on behalf of the British Government with a view to the amicable settlement of
the difficulties which have arisen in connection with the recent assault by sub
jects of vours on certain Persians. The final reply given by you, when I last
visited vou on the 8th December 1904, was to the following effect : I have
only one answer to give, namely, that I will do nothing m this case except a ter
trial by mv own Shariat or Urf Court”. You were then informed why tins
procedure could not be agreed to, and, though every consideration was s icnvn
to you, vou still remain obdurate, and thus barred the way to a satisfactory
conclusion being arrived at. Ton have also in spite of my y e P e ^ e r . e
presentations and those of the Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. a a ire in, ap am
Prideaux, entirely failed to keep under proper control your nep lew, iei
who has undoubtedly been identified through his retainers wit epresen ou -
rage on Persians, as well as with the recent attack on theGeiman, ^ i. a nison,
for the illegal application of “ Sukhra,” or forced labour on the employes of the
German, Air. Wonckhaus, and for the forcible removal from the British Mail
Steamer Kavgra of certain baggalas last December for his own wor '.

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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.' [‎175r] (354/386), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/534, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100070118030.0x00009b> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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