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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [394r] (786/949)
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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4. The Comptroller Ma Treasuries, may perhaps see un-nfficially r or any remarks •
after .ssue of a reply to .he Resident’s telegram the Foreign Department wish to consul”him.’
J. D.,—4-1-1905.
Foreign Department.
J. Campbell,— 4-1-1905.
E. N. Baker,— 5-1-1905.
The draft telegram below, which has been revised to accord with paragraph 2 of the
preceding Finance Department note, may issue. The tile may then he sent to "the Comptroller
with reference to office note of the 30th December 1901, and the point raised F
8 of Finance Department note, dated the 4th January 1905 .
in paragraph
C. B. P.,—6-1-1905.
E. L. N.,—6-1-1905.
A. Fremantle,— 6-1-1905.
L. Bussell,— 6-1-1905.
Telegram to the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian Golk, No. 103-E. A.
7 th January 19 u 5 .
dated
States that proposal to remit the funds for Commercial Mission to Major Spices sanctioned
but the amount will be credited direct on receiving the name of the firm at Bombay.
Comptroller, India Treasuries.
The estimate of the Commercial Mission will be required in the usual details of salaries
the file a 0Wances, su PP lies and services and contingencies. A sample form is placed in
2. Although money is forthcoming at Buffiire, which is a surplus treasury, it may not be
convenient to remit ca«h to. Major Sykes for the requirements of the Commercial Mission,
owing to distance and difficulties of communication in Persia. I think it would be best if
Accountant General Bombay, is instructed to pay to Messrs. King, King & Co., who are the
bankers of Major Sykes, the amounts which may be sanctioned from time to time for the
expenditure ot the Mission, if Major Sykes is to finance the Mission throughout. The instruc
tion ot the Resident,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, will not be necessary in that case
*
-Ei^Department. M ’ H> -13-l->905.
-p^Nuiijg lb thK FottRiLLf Department. }
Telegram prom the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, dated the 11 th (received 12th) 7 ^
January lb05. \) d <- f ^
States that Major Sykes’ bankers at Bombay are Messrs. King, King 8f Co.
This is in connection with Major Sykes' request for the Rs. 11,000, sanctioned in connec
tion with Commercial Mission expenditure, to be transferred to his Bombay bankers. After
te egraphing sanction to Major Cox the file was passed on to Comptroller, India Treasuries.
Finance Department agreed to do the needful when they had received this information, and
omp 10 er U)a y e asked to add this to the file now with him and pass it on urgently to
Finance Department. a j
C. B. P.,—12-1-1905.
E. L. N.,— 12-1-1905.
Comptroller, India Treasuries.
A. Fremantle,— 12-1-1905.
L. Russell,— 12-1-1905.
Passed ot | Finance. Department with the linked file. Perhaps Finance Department-
w,U now , ssue the nectary mstruetions to Accountant (Jeneral, Bombay, to pay Rs 11,000
to Messrs. King, King & Co., for credit to Major Sykes’ account. • x ’ F '
Finance Department.
M. H. OuNGy—13-1-1905.
The draft telegram to the Accountant-General, Bombay, put up may issue.
1 " ara 8 ‘ ra P h 2 of the Comptroller, India Treasuries' note of the 13th instant is for further
General tl011 m ^ * 0reigrn De P artinent b e^re any instructions are issued to the Accountant
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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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