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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [30r] (64/228)
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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Memorandum of information received during
the month of July 1905, regarding
external affairs relating to Arabia.
[Note.—T his memorandum is based upon reports, the accuracy of
which it is not always possible to guarantee.]
ADEN.
1. On the 28th June 1905, the Resident
at Aden received information that the S. S.
“ Heathburn ” was stranded on the Arabian
Coast near Khor Omera, between Aden and
Perim. At the same time, information was
also received from the Perim Coal Company,
who are salving her, that the attitude of the
natives was threatening, and the Resident
in consequence despatched the R. I. M. S.
“ Dalhousie ” with a small detachment of
Native Infantry, under the command of. a
British officer, to give the necessary protection
to life and property. Prom the report of
the Commander of the “ Dalhousie ", it
transpires that the fears of the salvage party
were unfounded, as the tribesmen’s intentions
seemed peacef ul, and they came to the shore
merely in the hopes of picking up some
wreckage.
2. Colonel R. I. Scallon, C.B., C.I.E.,
D.S.O., has assumed charge at Aden, as General
Officer Commanding and
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
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on the 15th June 1905, from which date
Major-General H. M. Mason proceeded on
four months’ leave.
3. The Political Officer at Dthala has
submitted proposals for the establishment of
a temporary dispensary at that place, with the
object of giving free medical attendance to
any Arabs who may come in for treatment,
and thereby establishing a greater influence
with the tribes in the interior. These proposals
are now under consideration.
4. (See sub-paragraph 4 of paragraph
1 of Memorandum for April 1905.) The
Assistant Resident at Perim informed the
Resident at Aden that a certain number of the
tribesmen in the vicinity of Sheikh Said,
belonging to the U aiba, Hakami, and Moza
tribes, on the Turkish side of the border, are
now raising objections to the recent erection of
boundary pillars at Sheikh Said without
their being consulted. The complainants
have been told to submit their representations
to the Turkish authorities within whose terri
tories they reside. The Resident has no reason
to think that the objections are of any real
consequence.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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