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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [258r] (514/949)
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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Appendix III of Notes.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
serve and our arrival was timed for 29 th and the
Sheikh came off himself with the Resident.
L. W. Dane.
R.I.M.S. BARDINGE, the 28 th November 1903 .
Visit of His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India to Koweit.
His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General will arrive at Koweit by the R.I.M.S.
Hardinge at 10-30 a.m., on Saturday, the 28th of November 1903, accompanied by the East
Indian Squadron. On the men-o£-war approaching the front of the harbour opposite the town
the Sheikh’s batteries will fire a salute of 31 guns.
There was a hitch about this, as the tide did not ^ deputation consisting of the Sheikh’s eldest
son and the
Wazir
Minister.
will come off at 11 a.m.
to enquire after His Excellency’s health and to
ask when His Excellency will be pleased to
receive the Sheikh. The deputation will be received by the Foreign Secretary.
At 3 p.m., on Saturday, the 28th November, His Excellency will receive a visit from the
Sheikh of Koweit on board the Hardinge. Guards will be paraded on the Fomone which
will accompany the llardinge to the inner anchorage.
The Sheikh will be accompanied by three of his officials. He will be met on arrival by the
Foreign Secretary and the Resident in the Gulf
He only brought his eldest son. an( j an Aide-de-Camp, who will conduct him
L. W. Dane. -(jo jjis Excellency’s presence.
His Excellency will receive the Sheikh standing and show him to a seat at his right hand.
On the right of the Sheikh will sit the Resident in the Gulf and the Sheikh’s
attendants.
On the left of the Viceroy will sit the British Minister, the Foreign Secretary, the
Private and Military Secretaries to the Viceroy, and His Excellency’s personal staff.
After a short conversation the Sheikh’s son will be presented. The khillats for the Sheikh
and his son will be conferred and the interview will then terminate.
The Sheikh will leave the Hardinge with similar ceremonies to those observed on his
arrival. A salute of 5 guns will be fired from the ship on his departure.
Undress uniform will be worn.
L. W. DANE,
Secretary to the Government of India.
At 10 a.m. on 29th November His Excellency the Viceroy will leave the Hardinge
under a salute of 31 guns from the Pomone and will visit the town. His Excellency will
be received at the landing-place by the Sheikh, who will personally escort him during his visit
which will include an informal reception at the Sheikh’s house, where a salute of 3 i guns will
be fired on the arrival of His Excellency.
At 3 p.m. on 29th November the Sheikh will pay a private visit to the Viceroy.
His Excellency will leave the port at 10 p.m. on the Lawrence on 29th November.
Correct as amended.
L. W. Dane,— 4-12.1903.
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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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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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- 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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