!['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.' [‎175v] (355/386)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000066/Mss Eur F111_534_0355.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'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.' [‎175v] (355/386)")
'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.' [175v] (355/386)
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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92
8. Matters have now come to a point when the British Government can no
longer consistently with their own dignity and your permanent interests discuss
these matters with you, and I am, therefore, instructed to make the following
demands upon vou :—
(i) I am to demand that six of the ring-leaders in the attack against
Persian subjects shall, after identification, be expelled from the
island, and with them the four persons whom you expelled in con
nection with the German case, but who I learn have returned.
(ID I am to demand that Rs. 2,000 shall he paid as compensation to the
Persians through 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.
, on account of the
outrage committed on them.
(in) I am to demand that you shall station a special guard of your own
trusted men on duty in Manama to maintain order in the Bazaar.
(IV) I am to demand that Sheikh Ali bin Ahmed shall leave Bahrein
forthwith, and that he shall not be permitted to return there for
period of five years counting from the date on which he now
leaves Bahrein.
(V) I am to demand that the existing system of “ Shukra ” or forced
labour shall be s ringently prohibited as far as employes of
foreigners are concerned, and that a public notification to that
effect shall be issued in terms to be approved by me.
(VI) Finally, I am to warn you that further rejection of advice in import
ant matters will not be tolerated by Government, and that in the
event of any continuance or repetition of an unfriendly attitude
on vour par*-, all support and assistance, whether diplomatic or
military, which you and your predecessors have enjoyed, will be
withdrawn from you aud may possibly take another direction.
It is impossible for the British Government to continue their support and
protection to a Chief who continues obdurate to all reasonable advice for his
welfare, and assumes an unfriendly attitude towards their officers.
These are the demands of which Government has instructed me to exact
compliance. It will be necessary for you to comply with them by 9 a.m.
to-morrow in the following manner :—
(1) Firstly, you will yourself meet me at 9 a m. at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, bringing
with you one of the copies of these terms signed and sealed by
yourself as a proof that you have accepted the said terms.
(2) Secondly, you will bring with you at the same time a sum of Rs. 2,000
contained in two bags of Rs 1,001) each.
(3) Thirdly, the following 10 individuals, namely :—(1) Hassun Baluch,
(2) Mahomed Tahir, (3) Zneed bin Snarl, (1) Zaeed bin Ferhan,
; 5) Bakl it el Nubi, (6) Marzook bin Ismail, (7) Saad Kahtani,
( 8 ) Almas, (9) Miyelli, ( 10 ) Baraitch bin Zaeed are to be sent
by you at the same hour to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. They will proceed
straight from the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
06 to one of the men-of-war wbicfi
will convey them to Maskat where they will be detained for a
certain time, their maintenance expenses while at Maskat being
paid by yourself.
(4) Sheikh Ali bin Ahmed who, by the orders of Government, will be
exiled from Bahrein for a period of five years, will also present
himself at 9 a.m at the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
with two or three private servants
who will accompany him ; be will likewise proceed forthwith on
to one of the rnen-of-war for conveyance to Maskat, where he will
remain pending issue of orders or permission by Government for
his departure to another place.
(5) It will be necessary for you to publish a notice with regard to
Sukhra and to bring with you a draft of it for inspection and
approval by me before promulgation.
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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
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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