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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [46r] (96/228)
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 November 1905, regarding
external affairs relating to Arabia.
[Note.—T his memorandum is based upon reports, the accuracy of
which it is not alwa3’s possible to guarantee.]
ADEN.
1. (See paragraph 1 of the Memo
randum for June 1905.) The Secretary of
State has pointed out that the subject of the
construction of the Aden Railway will involve
many questions of policy which require
careful consideration, including that of the
responsibility for, and the measures necessary
for, the protection of the line when laid.
Apart from this question of policy, the con
ditions of any concession, should the Sultan
have the power to grant it, would require
careful scrutiny. In these circumstances, a
statement of the views of the Government of
India on the whole subject should be furnished
before any steps are taken in connection
with the offers which may be received.
2. (See paragraph 4 of the Memorandum
for September 1905.) On the 10th November
1905, the Secretary of State intimated that
His Majesty’s Government approved of the
proposal that the appointment of a Political
Officer at Dthala, which w T as sanctioned for
one year on the 23rd September 1904 (vide
paragraph 5 of the Memorandum for Septem
ber 1904), should be made permanent.
3. With regard to the suggestion of the
Government of India of the 29th December
1904 (see sub-paragraph 1 of the Memorandum
for December 1904) that the Turkish Govern
ment should be invited to recognise the
Political Officer at Dthala as the medium of
communication with the Turkish authorities
in regard to disputes in the vicinity of the
Aden frontier, it was desirable, in the opinion
of His Majesty’s Government, to postpone any
representation to the Turkish Government on
the subject till a Protectorate frontier had
been officially placed on record by an exchange
of notes with the Porte, and the signature of
the maps.
4. With regard to the question of stipends
for the Sheikh of the Kotaibi and the Radfan
tribes, the Secretary of State agreed in the
views expressed by the Government of India
on the 31st August 1905 (see paragraphs 3
and 4 of the Memorandum for September
1905) that it would be premature at present
to enter into any binding engagements either
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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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- 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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