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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [424r] (846/949)
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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sowie previously without the presence of n "RviKor. n i
Had tlie latter been there Mr Newcomen's no f tlS Tj .^ onsu ^ ar officer,
discomfort. Moreover, he has made hTcomoar soW ' 1 h T S ^ eKi lcss
climatic conditions at both places more nearly resemble one " lld ' | '™ ter wh( m
aliped at Bandar Abbas in the hot weaftSS^LTnUhXs^t^
Gulf who can escape nowhere else, will stay there if they can hetn 1 1
would have better realised why the General asnect nf otto- \ V ^ he
compares so favourably with that of Bandar Abbas 8 at Kermai1
4. Referring to the arrangements existing for the convenience of 1 st Moqo
passengers in quarantine, it goes without saying that they are of a very met I
description, but here again it must be home in mind that the nnmbeTof
European passengers passing through Bandar Abbas during the year ”s exceed
ingly small, averaging probably not more than three or four, and that there as
at Bussorah the British Consul generally comes to the aid of sufferers and has
their needs supplied as far as he can from his own resources.
In the extremely rare cases where ladies have passed through always in
the cold weather, he has, I believe, placed his own house at their disposal and
considered it in quarantine. ^
5. That this is not as it should be goesiwithout saying, hut the improve-
ment or these conditions entails some expenditure and rests with the Persian
Government, and Your Excellency is aware where the shoe pinches.
Ibis
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
has for years been endeavouring through your kind
mediation to obtain sanction for improvements at Lingah which requires them
more urgently at present, but hitherto our united efforts have not resulted in
any practical steps being taken by the Persian Government, and the Sadr
Azam’s sanction to improvements at Lingah is now awaited, aide your despatch
No. 30, dated 5 th September 1904, to which I beg reference.
6 . The amelioration of the arrangements for the comfort of passengers—
especially first class passengers—at all Persian ports is a very much to be
desired end, and I have instructed the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Surgeon to call upon each of
his subordinates at. the Gulf ports to furnish a list and probable cost of articles,
the supply of which is urgent or desirable for the comfort of passengers in
quarantine, and if necessary I will ask Your Excellency’s further good offices in
obtaining sanction to the expenditure.
G. 1.0. P. O.—No. 4796 F. D.-16-2-1905 —6 O.-E. W. 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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- 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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