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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [26v] (57/228)
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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(See paragraph 2 of the Memorandum o
May 1905.) Negotiations for a protective
treaty with Beda are progressing.
5. (For proceedings of the Imam-
See
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.
.)
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.
.
6. It is reported that Daoud Khan,
Khani of the Kalhors, who on a previous
occasion deprived Mendali of water, owing to
the discontinuance of the presents formerly
received by him from the British authorities,
has announced that he means tb is spring to eject
from Somar the tribesmen from the Turkish
side of the frontier who settled there after the
withdrawal of the Turkish troops, and once
more to seize the water and prevent it from
reaching Mendali {vide paragraph 44 of the
Memorandum for August 1904).
7. An order is said to have been issued
for the Angora Redif Division (sixteen
battalions) to mobilise and hold itself in
readiness to proceed to Yemen. These form
part of the 1st (Constantinople) Corps, and
are the best fighting material in the Turkish
Army.
The total reinforcements for the Yemen
amount to forty-four battalions, forming a
total of 28,000 men, which, with the 5,000 re
cruits sent from Mersina, will make 33,000, as
the complete strength of the new expedition
ary force.
8. Mushir Ahmed Fezi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, com
manding the 6th (Baghdad) Corps, and until
recently in command of the expeditionary
force assisting Ibn Rashid in Kassim, is now
on his way through Medina and Yembo to
Hodeida to take command of the troops in
the Yemen.
9. It is estimated that 11,000 men
surrendered with Riza
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
at Sana, together
with six battalions of artillery.
? na ^r
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the head of the Yemen
Mission, is reported to have taken with him
e i 0 i 0 p?. t™) to W 0Yer some of the
rebel Chiefs {vide paragraphs 6 to 1] of tlm
Memorandum for May, 1905) C
-LU.
fn a • Y tUUT • nas aclclr essed a letter to
Y ^ S W , hich he seems anxious
and not aS
him. The late Kaimmakam of Kataba shortly
intends to proceed into Yemen incon n ito »tl
of H t0 M ° firSt f 0 E # ypt ^ ide Paragraph 9
of the Memorandum for May, 1905). 1 J
— — ~ w
11. Maska!.~{ Vide paragraph 14, ,
Memorandum for May 1905.) Maior oU i
graphed, on the 3rd /u„e, that one mcSe of t
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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)
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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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- Mss Eur F112/450
- Title
- 'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:111v, back-i
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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