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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.' [59v] (123/136)
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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acquaint the picked men of the tribes with military drill and discipline, if they
were found to possess stamina and courage, and if we could rely upon their
loyalty, then we think that a forward move upon Isfahan might be an even
more advantageous venture, and that a Russian advance in that quarter would
he exposed to a flank attack that she might not care to encounter. We do
not at present place any great reliance on the fighting capacity or strength of
any of the tribes to which we have referred : and we cannot feel certain without
further experience that they are capable of common action even in defence
of their country. We are, however, strongly in sympathy with the proposal to
introduce some sort of military organisation among them, and this is a subject
upon which we shall separately address you. For the present we can only say
that the idea of a forward movement upon Isfahan, as part of the general
strategical plan, is one that in our view ought not to he lightly or hastily
condemned, hut that its execution must depend upon conditions which are at
the present’moment of too hypothetical a nature to justify us in treating them
as the basis of a confident forecast. It must also depend upon the nature and
numbers of the Russian advance, since we are alive to the danger of sending
British or Indian troops to an advanced position where they might he in danger
of being isolated, and where it would be difficult, if not impossible, to support
them.
14. We have now discussed, from such knowledge as we possess, the
question which was remitted to us by Lord George Hamilton; and we trust
that our conclusions may meet with your general acceptance.
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servants,
(Signed) CURZON.
„ KITCHENER.
„ T. RALEIGH.
„ E. E.-G. LAW.
„ E. R. ELLES.
„ A. T. ARUNDEL.
„ DENZIL IBBETSON.
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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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