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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎4r] (12/228)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (110 folios). It was created in 1905. 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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Memorandum of information received during
the month of January 1905, regarding
external affairs other than those relating
to the North- West Frontier, Afghanistan,
and Persia.
[Note.—T ins memorandum is based upon reports, the accuracy of
which it is not always possible to guarantee.]
ARABIA.
1. The matter of the Irad6 for the
settlement of the Aden frontier still remains
unsettled, and the Turkish Ambassador in
London was warned on the 16th December
1904 that, if the British representations were
still disregarded, it would become necessary for
Bis Majesty’s Government to take steps for
the purpose of obtaining compliance wdth their
demands.
The Secretary of State, in his telegram of
the 3rd January, reported that the Turkish
Ambassador in London had communicated an
obscurely worded note to the effect that, with a
view to maintaining the status quo in the nine
cantons to which neither the British nor the
Turkish Government shall send troops, the
Turkish Commissioners had been instructed
to delimit the Subaihi border bv the line
from Kuddam outside Babelmendeb to the
littoral of the sea of Aden, provided the Turba
village wells and the territory bordered by
the line which terminates at Sheikh Mirad
remained in the Vilayet of Yemen.
Mr. Townley had been instructed to
press for compliance with the original demand
of the British Government including the
recognition of the North-East frontier. He
was to state that the stipulation about troops
in the nine cantons was wholly inadmissible.
Meanwhile the Turkish Commissioner at
Perim denies the receipt of the instruc
tions, but Mr. Eitzmaurice believes that the
Commissioner has received them, and is
in communication with Constantinople, with
a view to the slip about “ the line from
Kuddam ” being rectified.
2. A report has been received that the
Imam occupied Yarim in December, and
captured some Turkish soldiers and guns,
and subsequently rejected Turkish advances
made to him. Many Turkish soldiers are
said to have deserted to him owing to their
receiving no pay or food from their Govern
ment : fighting is, however, still proceeding
pending the arrival of more Turkish troops.

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The volume contains printed monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India 'regarding external affairs other than those relating to the North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. , Afghanistan, and Persia' for the months of January to March 1905 inclusive (folios 4-17); memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to Arabia' for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 18-54); and memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to the North-East Frontier, Burma, Siam, and China', for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 55-108). A note accompanying each memorandum states that they are 'based upon reports, the accuracy of which it is not always possible to guarantee'.

The combined 'other external affairs' reports (folios 4-17) relate to Arabia (Aden), Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , China, Tibet, and Bhutan; the Arabia memoranda (folios 18-54) relate to Aden, Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the North-East Frontier etc. memoranda (folios 55-108) relate to Tibet, Bhutan, China, Siam [Thailand], Nepal, Burma, and Assam.

Memoranda covering the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. include intelligence reports concerning Maskat [Muscat], Koweit [Kuwait], Nejd [Najd], Bahrein [Bahrain], Katif [Al-Qatif], El Katr/Katar [Qatar], the Arab Coast, Musandim [Musandam], and the Pirate Coast.

The memoranda relating to Arabia include references to the following subjects: political intelligence, tribal affairs, relations with the Ottoman Government, frontier settlement, pearl fisheries, quarantine, and slavery.

The memoranda regarding affairs on and beyond the North-East Frontier of India cover a similar broad range of political and economic intelligence.

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1 volume (110 folios)
Arrangement

The memoranda are arranged in chronological order within in each grouping from the front to the back of the volume.

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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 112; 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.

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