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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [418r] (834/949)
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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Telegram, dated the 9 th (recelvedioth) December 1904 0
From - C ^^- ^ ‘0 the Political Be.He„t in the
To The Secretary to the Government of India in tKa T? ' •
I have received following from Srke • ' t? • ° leiSn Department -
Bunder Abbas advanced Mission thousand tomaZ'Z'J ^ Paul ’ S A S ent
security can you arrange to repay this direct ? Th a ® .l C 01 Y n my f ersonal
thousand and shall have to disburse mucli more \r 7 , • S ° adFance<1 another
recover. Mission reached Sirian 25tli where ! • , . ly mst ruct me how to
about 6 th December.” Eads] May I Tenav^ ( l 0IIied a " d is due Rafsinjan
advances, and debit amounts in the account/J*!® advances and subsequent
in India on return of Mission. t 1118 treas ury to be adjusted
Telegram, dated the 9th (received 10th) December 1904
From— Major P. M. Sykes, C.M.G Hi, ^ •
To-The Secretary to the Government of IndiaTn the Pomi^ DeprlmenT 8 ”’
Mission arrived Sirjan safely 25th November. Repeated Tehran. '
Telegram No. 4166-E. A., dated and received the Uth December ,904.
From Foreign Secretary, Calcutta,
to Pcsideiit, Bushire.
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Your telegram 9th. Commercial Mission Rs 11 onn nian ri i
ykes for expenses. Advances should ‘ r ’ 00 P aced at dls P 08 al
r o i j? ° \ ^utumerciai Mission. Rs. ll 00l
of Sykes for expenses. Advances should be met therefrom.
No. 4193-E.A., dated Fort William, the 14th December 1901.
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From-The Deputy Secretary to the Government of India ia the Foreiga Depart-
To W. Acting Secretary, Upper India Chamber of Commerce,
2 fith /f k . n0Wle '/ e the re 09 i f ,t of yo,,r lea <£> dated the 17 th and^^
? ov ,“ b ® r 190 / forwarding, respectively, Mr. Newcomen’s first report •
dated the 1st November and his letter of the 4th November 1904. P ’
Per-i!'„ 0 ,!u Ie / raph ,- C re Ir re T l,as bee ? ma,3e t0 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 Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
regarding Mr Newcomen s proposed change of route. A further
communication will be made to you on the receipt of his reply.
3- I am to point out, with reference to Mr. Newcomen’s remarks as to the
arrangement for his return passage, that he appears to be under a misappre
hension. _ The estimate of Rs. 5,867-9-0 received with your letter of the' 8 th
October includes return fares from Bunder Abbas. Should anv alteration be
made in the route, this point can be adjusted subsequently. You were^ ^
informed in my lettei^No. 4056-E. A., dated the Sid December 1904, that the
ireasury Officer, Cawnpore, had been authorized to advance to you the , ,
whole amount of the estimate. In my lettefNo. H056-E. A. of the same date, T • f'3
le Consul at Kerman was authorized to incur further expenditure up to
Rs. 11 , 000 , being the amount of that officer’s estimate on account of the
travelling expenses of the Mission after its arrival in Persia.
Telegram dated the 17th (received 19th) December 1904.
From—-Mr. A. Gleadowe Newcomer, President o£ the Commercial Mission to
Persia, Kerman,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
Mission arrived Kerman. Tender grateful thanks Sykes arrangements.
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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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- ‘Persia – especially Seistan’
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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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