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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [34r] (72/228)
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 August 1905, regarding
external affairs relating to Arabia.
£ Noth.—T his memorandum is based upon reports, the accuracy of
which it is not always possible to guarantee.]
ADEN.
1. (See paragraph 1 of the Memo
randum for May 1905.) Sir N. O’Conor, on
the 10th June 1905, proposed that the Aden
Boundary settlement {vide paragraph 1 of
the Memorandum for April 1905) should
be placed officially on record by an exchange
of notes with the Sublime Porte, to which
would he attached copies of the maps, show
ing the frontier as traced by the joint Com
mission, and of the proces verbal signed by
Mr. Eitzmaurice and the Ottoman Commis
sioner at Sheikh Said; and in regard to the
frontier north-east from the Bana River, that
it would he sufficient to insert in the British
Note a paragraph to the effect that actual
demarcation was postponed to a more favour
able moment. These proposals were approved
by His Majesty’s Government on the 11th July
1905. ^
2. A proposal by the Resident at Aden
that he should visit Jibouti and Berbera to
confer with the Erench Governor, with a view
to securing his co-operation in the suppression
of the illicit traffic in arms from the Somali
Coast, has been approved after consultation
wdth the Secretary of State.
3. His Majesty’s Government have
decided that Sheikh Omar Basar, a native
of Shehr and Mokalla, who started trading
with Aden and Hodeida 21 years ago, hut did
not become a permanent resident of the latter
place till about 13 years ago, i.e., about
two years after Shehr and Mokalla came
under British protection, is entitled to re
ceive a British passport for Hodeida. His
Majesty’s Government have requested also
that necessary instructions should be issued
for the. observance, in any other case that
may . arise, of the following principle as to
the issue of passports for Turkey to British
protected Arabs
. a I J ian who is entitled to British protec
tion refrains from, applying for such a protec
tion for a long period, the delay may doubtless
afford reasonable ground for refusing to extend
it to him, supposing always that the British
local officials consider such a course to be
desirable, but, if they are not of this opinion,
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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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