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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [255v] (509/949)
The record is made up of 1 file (475 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1901-23 Aug 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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7
ORDER OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE.
f
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
R.I.M.S. HARdinge, the I 7 th Novembeb 1903.
Investiture of His Highness the Sultan of Maskat as a Knight Grand Commander of the Order
of the Indian Empire.
This ceremony will be performed by His Excellency the Viceroy, as Grand Master of the
Order, in the Public
Darbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
which will be held on board H. M. S. Argonaut at Maskat, on
Thursday, the 19th November 1903.
His Excellency the Viceroy wearing the Robe of the Grand Master of the Order will
enter the
Darbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
in procession! and take his seat on the Throne. The Foreign Secretary, as
Secretary of the Order, will then rise and advance to the front of the Dais, and, addressing the
Viceroy (who will come to the
Darbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
wearing the insignia of the Order of the Indian
Empire), say, Your Excellency is charged by His Majesty the King-Emperor of India to
invest His Hyghness Saiyid Feysal-bin-Turki, Sultan of Maskat, here present, with the dignity
of a Knight Grand Commander o^ the Most Eminent Order qf the Indian Empire, of which
Your Excellency is Grand Master.’*
The Secretary of the Order and' the Under-Secretary in the Foreign Department* will
conduct His Highness the Sultan of Maskat to a table conveniently‘placed on the left of the
Dais, on which the insignia are laid, {and there decorate His Highness with the Riband, Badge,
and Star of 'the Order.)
This done, His Highness the Sultan of Maskat will be conducted by the Secretary to the
front of the Dai's and will make his reverence to the Grand Master.
{The Under-Secretary will take from the table the collar of Knight Grand Commander
and will, with due reverence, deliver it to the Grand Master.)
The Grand Master, remaining seated, will then invest His Highness the Sultan of Maskat
{with the collar), and will address to him the following admonition : —
“ In the name of the King-Emperor of India, and by His Majesty’s command, I hereby
invest you with the Honourable Insignia of the Order of the Indian Empire, of which Most
Eminent Order His Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint you to be a Knight
Grand Commander.
A salute of 21 guns will be fired.
When the admonition has been given, the newly-invested {Knight Grand Commander)
will make his reverence to the Grand Master, and will be conducted by the Secretary to the
seat at His Excellency's right hand {in front of which he will remain standing).
The Secretary of the Order will proclaim the full title of His Highness the Sultan, that is
to say. His Highness Sayyid Feysal-bin-Turki, Sultan of Maskat, Knight Grand Commander of
the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire. J
The guard-of’•honour will present arms, the Band will play “ God Save the King ” and
all will resume their seats. The Secretary of the Order will then intimate that there 5 is no
further business and His Excellency will leave the
Darbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
in procession.
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*
The Civil, Military, and Naval Officers of Government and the spectators present are
requested not to leave their seats till His Highness the Sultan f and His Excellency the Naval
Commander-in-Chief have left the ship, when the
Darbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
will break up.
unifofm m, ~ rUl1 dreSS Uni£ ° rm wiU be WOrn - Mornin g <kess by those not entitled to wear
J. G. LORIMER,
for Lnder-Secretary to Govt, of India.
* An officer will be detailed to represent the Under-Secretary.
i" Note. The Sultan was shown round the ship before leaving*
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This part contains papers mostly relating to British interests in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
It includes a copy of the Board of Trade Commercial Intelligence Committee ‘Report received from Mr. H. W. Maclean, the Special Commissioner appointed by the Commercial Intelligence Committee of the Board of Trade, on the conditions and prospects of British trade in Persia.’
A handwritten note at the front of the file, on folio 5, states ‘Spare copy of notes & correspondence of the “Helmand Control” file (with maps)’. Folio 110 consists of handwritten notes, including one dated 27 April 1904, which states ‘The secret Helmand papers have been printed up, and a set, with necessary maps, is submitted for H.E. the Viceroy to take to England.’ Much of the file concerns the question of controlling the water of the Helmand river and irrigating its whole delta, and the work of the Seistan Arbitration Commission to arbitrate between Persia and Afghanistan on the question of rights to the water of the Helmand in Seistan.
The file also includes reports by W A Johns on reconnaissances of potential railway routes made while he was attached to the Seistan Arbitration Commission, and other papers relating to railways and roads in Persia.
In addition, the file includes copies of the following Government of India Foreign Department Proceedings, which reproduce received Foreign Department correspondence on the following subjects: ‘Selection of a British naval base in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .’, November 1901, Nos. 74-83; ‘Visit of His Excellency the Viceroy to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. during November-December 1903.’, February 1904, Nos. 33-127; ‘Establishment of telegraphic communication with Henjam. Question of the selection of a naval base in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Aggressive action of the Persians at Tamb and Abu Musa; their claim to the Islands.’, June 1904, Nos. 300-388; ‘Reports of the Commercial Mission to Persia.’, June 1905, Nos. 45-111; ‘Question of retaining flagstaffs erected in the neighbourhood of the Musandim Promontory’, August 1905, Nos. 288-307.’
The file also includes: brief handwritten notes written by Curzon on headed paper belonging to the Viceregal Lodge, Simla, relating to Seistan and to Lord Kitchener’s planned reforms for the reorganisation and redistribution of the Indian Army; and a printed copy of the report ‘A Note by Major H.L. [Herbert Lionel] Showers, C.I.E., on the present state of affairs in Kelat and a review of the system of Administration now being pursued.’
The file includes four maps: ‘Map of the Tail waters of Helmand River’ (13 July 1903), f 122; ‘Plan Shewing Proposed Routes for a Railway from Nushki to Afghan Frontier near Robat’ (10 April 1903), f 139; ‘Extract from Admiralty Chart No. 753. (Entrance to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ).’ (October 1901), f 219; and ‘Sketch of route Ram Hormuz to Fellahieh.’ (April 1904), f 230.
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- 1 file (475 folios)
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The papers are arranged in no apparent order, apart from the Government of India Foreign Department Proceedings, folios 231 to 474, which are arranged in chronological order.
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- Title
- ‘Persia – especially Seistan’
- Pages
- front, 2r:194v, 195v:196r, 197v:199v, 200v, 201v, 203r:272r, 273v:275v, 277r:405v, 408r:408v, 409v, 411r:413v, 414v:419v, 420v:424v, 425v:432v, 433v:435v, 436v, 437v:443v, 444v:471v, 473r:475v
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