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'PRINCIPAL DESPATCHES AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO PERSIA CONNECTED WITH THE SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND MEASURES OF VICEROYALTY OF HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CURZON OF KEDDLESTON IN THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. JANUARY 1899 TO NOVEMBER 1905. VOLUME IV-PART IV. PERSIA.' [42r] (88/136)
The record is made up of 1 volume (64 folios). It was created in 1908. 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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No. 127 of 1900.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
SECRET.
External.
To
The Right Hon’ble LORD GEORGE E. HAMILTON,
Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
Simla, the 6th September 1900.
My Loud,
M r e have had the honour to receive the reply of Your Lordship,
dated July 6th, 1900, to our letter of the 21st September 1899 and our
telegram of 16th March 1900, concerning the protection of British interests
in Persia.
2. The first four paragraphs of Your Lordship’s reply relate to matters,
such as Consular appointments in Persia (concerning which we may observe
that we have as yet heard nothing more of the revised proposals of Sir
M. Durand), the question of a Quetta-Nushki-Seistan Railway, and the Karun
subsidy—upon all of which we shall address Your Lordship independently.
The remainder of the despatch furnishes us with the views of Her Majesty’s
Government upon the wider subject, raised in our original letter, namely the
policy to be pursued for the defence of British interests in Persia, and notably
in Southern Persia, as a whole.
3. We are grateful to Your Lordship for this communication of the views
of Her Majesty’s Government. We accept the statement that events are
occurring in Persia which, even since our despatch of September 1899 was
written, have modified the situation, not to the advantage of Great Britain.
Indeed we ourselves a year ago made the probability of such a change, of which
there were already signs, the ground for an appeal for an early decision and for
early action on the part of Her Majesty’s Government. The following were
our words:—
“We press for an early decision and for early action, since, unless we bestir
ourselves, there is good reason for fearing that the already trembling balance
may be disturbed by others to our disadvantage”.
The conclusion of the Russo-Persian loan a few months later more than
justified these fears ; while the events to which Your Lordship alludes in the
7th paragraph of your reply indicate that the activity of foreign Powers in
Persia and its neighbourhood has not slackened, but has on the contrary
increased during the interval. This process may be expected in our opinion
to continue; and we think that it Avill demand constant precaution and
unremitting vigilance.
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Published by Superintendent Government Printing, India, Calcutta.
The volume consists of a draft Part IV to the Summary of the Principal Events and Measures of the Viceroyalty of His Excellency Lord Curzon of Keddleston, 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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Parts I-III), published by GC [Government Central] Press, Simla, 1907 [Mss Eur F111/531-534].
The volume includes a letter from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to Lord Curzon, dated 27 August 1908, stating that an examination of their records had shown that these were the essential despatches, and hoping that the volume would answer Lord Curzon's purpose.
The despatches and correspondence cover the period 1899-1905, and include correspondence from the Secretary of State for India, and HBM's Minister at Tehran, and cover the question of the appointment of an additional consular officer in Persia, 1899 (with map); relations between Britain and Persia; the protection of British interests in Persia; British policy on Persia; the political and financial situation in Persia; and the threat of Russian encroachment.
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- 1 volume (64 folios)
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The despatches and correspondence are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There is a list of contents on folio 6, giving details of name and date of paper, subject, and page number.
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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 66; 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 volume also contains an original manuscript pagination sequence.
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- 'PRINCIPAL DESPATCHES AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO PERSIA CONNECTED WITH THE SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND MEASURES OF VICEROYALTY OF HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CURZON OF KEDDLESTON IN THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. JANUARY 1899 TO NOVEMBER 1905. VOLUME IV-PART IV. PERSIA.'
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- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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