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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [304r] (606/949)
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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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Progs. No.
800
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311
Letters, etc, and subjects.
Telegram from His Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Tehran, No. 90,
dated 26th June 1903, giving his views regarding the opening of the
telegraphic station at Henjam, with a connection to Bunder Abbas.
Enclosure in a letter from the Secretary, Political Department, India
Office, No. 26, dated the 12 th June i903, regarding the proposed
establishment of telegraphic communication with Bunder Abbas.
Letter to H. Whitby Smith, Esq., Director of
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Telegraphs,
Karachi, No. l^Ol-E., dated the 6 th July 1903, asking him how long
it will take to make up the necessary cables at Manora for the connec
tion with Henjam and Bunder Abbas, in th* event of it being decided
to obtain the material for their construction from England.
Letter from the Director,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Section, Indo-European Tele
graph Department, Karachi, No. 903, dated the 9th July 1903,
giving the information required in respect to the time needed to
make up the cables.
Let'er from His Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Tehran, No. 22 (Secret),
dated the 27th June 1903, forwarding a copy of a despatch which he
has addressed to Lord Lansdowne, regarding the proposed re-opening
of the telegraph station at Henjam and its connection with Bunder
Abbas.
Letter from the Naval Commander-in-Chief, No 872, dated the 2nd
July 1903, regarding the tracing of a survey of the anchorage between
Henjam and Kishm and the report on the island of Henjam.
Telegram to His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, No.
1767-E., dated the 4th August 1903, suggesting that Bassidore
might be preferable to Henjam as site for telegraph station, the cable
running thence via Clarence Straits to Bunder Abbas.
Letter to His Excellency Rear-Admiral G. Atkinson-Willes, Naval
Commander-in-Chief on the East India Station, No. 1S48-E., dated
the 12th August 1903, asking for a complete copy of the report, by
Commanders Kemp and Somerville, regarding the survey of the
anchorage between Henjam and Kishm, together with an expression
of his views as to its bearing on the question of improving telegraphic
communications in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Enclosures to a letter from the Secretary, Political Department, India
Office, No. 35, dated the 14th August 1903, regarding the proposed
establishment of telegraphic communication with Bunder Abbas.
Enclosure in a letter from the
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.
, No. 37, dated the 28th
August 1908, regarding the proposed establishment of telegraphic
communication with Bunder Abbas.
Telegram from His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, dated the 21st
September 1903, repeating a telegram to tbe Foreign Office, stating
that he has not been able to trace among the records of the Legation
the original Persian of the Shah’s authorit’es of 1868, and that unless
further search is successful, the procedure suggested in this Secret
Despatch No. 97, dated the 26th June, must, under these circum
stances, be modified.
812
From Rear Admiral G. Atkinson-Wjlles, Commander-in-Cbief, East
Indies Station, No. 872, dated the 6 th September 1903, forwarding,
with remarks, the report of Commanders T. W. Kemp and H. B. T.
Somerville on their recent survey of Henjam and Kishm.
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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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- 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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