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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [409r] (816/949)
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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Dated Cawnpore the 21st October 1904.
From—A. Shakespear, Acting Secretary, Upper India Chamber of Commerce,
To—The Deputy Secretary to the Government cf India in the Foreign Department.
I am directed to refer to my letter,of Sttf'instant, and to enquire if you ^' 4#
can see your way to making payment for, at any rate, a portion of the estimate
submitted therewith as I have been called upon to settle the cost of the tentage
and horses supplied to Mr. Newcomen.
No. 7332 A., dated Calcutta, the 24th November 1904. ( £/
From— J. Campbell, Esq., Under-Secretary to the Government of India,
Finance and Commerce Department,
To—The Comptroller, India Treasuries.
I am directed to request that you will arrange for the immediate payment
to the Secretary, Upper India Chamber of Commerce, Cawnpore, of the sum
of Rs. 5,867-9-0 (
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
five thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven and annas
nine only) on account of the travelling and other expenses of the delegate of
the Upper India Chamber of Commerce and his staff in connection with the
Commercial Mission to Persia..
Ci ty
From
India in the
Foreign Department,
To—A. Shakespear, Esq., Acting Secretary, Upper India Chamber of Commerce,
Cawnpore.
^1 am directed to refer to the correspondence ending with your letter dated
the 21st October 1901, regarding the travelling and other expenses of the
Upper India Chamber’s delegate and staff in connexion with the Commercial
Mission to Persia.
2 . In reply, I am to inform you that the Treasury Officer, Cawnpore, has
been authorised to advance to you the whole amount of the estimate (i.e.,
Rs. 5,867-9-0.
3. The final bills should be submitted to this Department.
No. 4056 E. A., dated Fort William, the 3rd December 1904.
From—L. Russell, Esq., Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the
Foreign Department,
To—Major P. M. Sykes, C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Kerman.
am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 270, dated the
15tb September 1904, forwarding a revised estimate of expenditure of travel-
Hng expenses, etc., of the Commercial Mission.
2. In reply, I am to inform you that you are authorised to incur expendi
ture, on the lines indicated in your letter above referred to, up to a limit of
Rs. 11 , 000 . Should there be reason to anticipate that further expenditure will
be incurred, a revised estimate should be submitted at an early date.
3. The travelling allowances of Khan Bahadur Asghar Ali and of the
Hospital Assistant will be governed by the Civil Service. Regulations, and . as
these men are Government servants the expenditure incurred in connexion
with their pay and travelling allowances while on deputation with the Mission
will not be a charge against the special grant sanctioned on account of the
Mission.
4 . I am to ask you to exclude the pay and travelling expenses of the three
Indian sowars from the charges on account of the Mission and to treat them,
for account purposes, as a part of the Kerman Consular Escort.
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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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