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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎46v] (97/228)

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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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With the Sheikh of the Kotaibi or ^th anv of
the sub-tribes, or to grant them fixed stipends,
and approved of the proposal tha ,
Officer at Dthala should be given a li^
discretionary power of making them occasional
or periodical presents.
5. (See paragraph 2 of the Memoran
dum for June 1905.) On the 17th November
1905, the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ^P 0 ''
that the Resident at Aden had intimated that
Sultan Mohsin-bin-Saleh of the M alndi tribe of
Balahaf had signed a treaty.
6. (See paragraph 2 of the Memo
randum for July 1905.) Major-General H. M.
Mason, on return from leave, reassumed charge
at Aden as General Officer Commanding and
PnlitiVnl ‘Resident.
7. (See paragraph 2 of the Memo
randum for December 1904.) On the 15 th
February 1905, a representation was made to
the Governor of the French Somali Coast, by
His Majesty’s Ambassador at Paris, regarding
the traffic in arms at Jibuti; and on the 13th
September 1905, the Governor at Jibuti
replied that the strict watch kept by the local
authorities had failed to bring to light any
act of contraband at Jibuti, and that the
decrees in regard to the suppression of
smuggling were being scrupulously carried
out, and that, under these circumstances, it
was unnecessary to issue fresh regulations in
the matter. On the 2nd October 1905, Lord
Lansdowne requested the Italian Ambassador
to bring this reply to the notice of the Italian
Government, with a request that His Majesty’s
Government might be favoured with any
observations which they might have to make in
regard to the attitude adopted by the French
Government.
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. .
8. Very little information has been re
ceived as to the progress of the military opera
tions in the Yemen after the recapture of Sana
by the lurkish troops. An official communique
in the “Ikdam” of the 2nd October gave
the substance of the telegram addressed by
Maishal Faizi Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to the Grand Yizier
announcing that the battalions of troops
marching on laiz entered the town of
Yerim, the centre of the kaza of that name
on the 22nd September, without encountering-
any resistance, and adding that the inhabitants
hastened to proffer their submission and
pray for the Sultan’s welfare (vide paragraph
2 or the Memorandum for October 1905).
i • ! \ ' r *, ie P ® rsial ? Government recently com-
pkmed that Turkish troops had occupied the
Lahijan and Vazneh districts of SoujbouJak
winch are alleged to have been for years in
the possession of Persian owners and to have

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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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