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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.' [184r] (372/386)
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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109
Th e y had received from the Turkish Government an assurance that there
is no intention of landing Turkish troops at Koweit, or of disturbing W\q status
mm there They had on their side given an assurance that on these conditions
they have no intention of occupying Koweit or declaring a Protectorate over it,
and the Turkish Government had declared itself to be satisfied and to consider
the incident as disposed of. ^ ^ &( ^
LANS DOWN B.
71
Foreign Office to
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.
.
24th September 1901.
Sir,
I have laid before the Marquess of Lansdowne 7°”
SA rits S” Sa*»
discontinue the use of the Turkish flag. . 4 . Ppci.
T 4 - thp Vioerov’s telegram of the 4th instant that the Pwo.
It appears from f th ^^ q V‘‘ the event^ of the last two and-a-half years
dent a °i\ 1 ^status quo ante that the determination of the status of
have so disturbed, t 1 j m 0 /-wir.-nc»i TCornlvill f?oeson to suggest
Koweit cannot be much longer postponed. Colon ^ should be
discontinued < as soon"as p'ossibh^'and propiwes that the Sheikh should instead
fly the ordinary rod Arab flag. doubt that t h e Sheikh of
s srir.ur.ur." .s
the Sultan over the territory extending from Basrah to E Katrf
BagSUW^^r^^t^e^Kaimakam
^ regard to the stat. of^^-
despatch to Bis Majesty sAmbassado t ^ Lordship’s direction to the
i 0. K .1 tlist desp.tch », »“»■>« VruS.”'’. ». St
instant. Count Mettermoh was inform ^ the Sultan’s authority as it
no desire to interfere with the 9 haTe n(J wis h to raise any question
exist in the region of Koweit, t y ^ of tho ottoman dominions, and
as to whether Koweit forms an ,,, ” ki l P Government an assurance that there
that, having received from ‘J 1 .® 1 " ' t K o Weit 0 r of disturbing the status
is no intention of landing roops at Kowe ^ that on the a se cond itions
tCy ^nolln^^^yrngSor declaring a British Protectorate
^ l His Majesty’s Government E-—
nance of the status quo at Koweit, the contention that the events
TS StSSSSTiX C,'p«u« *»*» — ““ “
departure, which is now P ro P ose ^> m ^ la ; Governme ut would not, in his
In these circumstances, His Majesty g. ikh t0 discontinue the use
Lordship’s opinion, be justified iu advising the SheikU
of the Turkish flag. I am, &c ,
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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
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- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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