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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [407v] (813/949)
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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It will be noticed that certain items have been included which can scarcely be
considered as covered by the terms “ travelling expenses and camp equipage,”
and my Committee have been emboldened to appeal for this additional expendi
ture as the expenses of Mr. Newcomen and his staff are calculated to consider
ably exceed the funds this Chamber have been able to collect, trusting it may
be recognized that this Chamber’s endeavours to support to the full extent of
their abilities the enterprise which Government is carrying out for the advance-
ment o£ Indian trade may entitle it to be treated on as liberal a scale as may be
possible. I am to assure you that the interests which this Chamber represents
are probably concerned in this Mission in a much smaller degree than any
other of its sister Associations and that the industries of Cawnpore have
equipped the Chamber’s delegate at no inconsiderable sacrifice. It is most
repugnant to my Committee to have to frame an appeal to the Government of
India in such a matter in view of the very substantial support which has been
already given to the Chamber’s delegate in the matter of the supply of horses
and tentage, etc., but if there should be any surplus from the grant which has
been made in connection with the Mission, it is hoped that Government may
see their way to assisting the Chamber wdth further funds.
UPPER INDIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Cawnpore, 8 th October 1901.
Modified statement of travelling expenses, etc., of the Upper India Chamber's
delegate and staff in connection with the Commercial Mission to Persia.
Rs. A. P.
First class fare from Cawnpore to Bombay and back by
Great Indian Peninsula ... ... ... lOt 14 0
Second class fare from Cawnpore to Bombay and back by
Great Indian Peninsula, for Assistant Secretary and
Delegate ... ... ... ... 105 0 0
Third class fare from Cawnpore to Bombay and back by
Great Indian Peninsula ... ... ... 357 8 0
First class fare from Bombay to Bunder Abbas and back
Delegate
Assistant Delegate
Secretary ... ... ... ...j
Steerage (servants) from Bombay to Bunder Abbas and back
5 days^ expenses in Bombay
Freight on 50 maunds of luggage and camp equipage,
Cawnpore to Bombay and back
Freight on 70 maunds of luggage from Bombay to Bunder
Abbas and back ...
Cost of tentage and camp equipage
Contingencies
Saddlery ...
Trunks
1 Aneroid ...
1 Magnetic Sundial
1 Gunmetal „
1 Camp bed
1 Camp bath
1 Waterproof sheet
4 Arab horses, clothing and food
I
780 0 0
165
300
13 12 0
100 0
1,227 11
300 0
172
49
35
10
20
36
20
12
2,258 10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
... 5,867 9 0
A. SHAKESPEAR,
Acting Secretary.
G.C. Press Simla. -No. 2 S 36 P. D. L 11 - 04 .- 53 .- 0 . G. D«S.
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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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- Mss Eur F111/359/1
- Title
- ‘Persia – especially Seistan’
- Pages
- 406r:406v, 407r:407v, 409r, 410r:410v, 414r, 420r, 425r, 433r, 436r, 437r, 444r
- Author
- Shakespear, Alexander Blake
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