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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [442r] (882/949)
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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No. 1471-E.A., dated Simla, the 18th April 1905.
Endorsed by the Government of India, Foreign Department.
1 . Letter from the Upper India Cbumber of Commorca, Cawnpore, dated the 17 th
November 1904 , with enclosures.
2 . Letter from the Upper India Chamber of Commerce, Cawnpore, dated the 26 th
November ISOl.iwith enclosures.
3 . Letter from the Upper India Chamber of Commerce, Cawnpore, dated the 2 eth
January 1905 , with enclosures.
4 . Letter from the Upper India Chamber of Commerce, Cawnporo, dated the 2 nd
x ebruary 1905 , with enclosures.
-w**’ ^ rom the Upper ^ndia Chamber of Commerce, Cawnpore, dated the 20 th
Maich 1905 , with enclosures.
A copy of the
papers noted in the
margin is forwarded
to Assistant Quarter
Master General, In
telligence Branch,
confidentially for in
formation.
No. 14-72-E.A., dated Simla, the 18th April 1905. ^yyV'1™
Endorsed by the Government of India, Foreign Department.
A copy of the foregoing letter is forwarded to the g overnment of Bombay, Political ne part-
^ ^ “ououraoie th« Agent to the Uovernor-
Letter from the Secretary, Upper India Chamber
of Commerce, dated the 20 th March 1905 , with en
closure.
ment,
General in Hal ':<;ln»tan ,
Political Kesident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Hig Britannic Ma jegty’B Consul, Kennan.
His Hritannic Maiesty’g Con»ul, Uunder Abbas,
, , ^ , f° r information, in continuation of the
endorsement from the Government of India ia the Foreign Department
No. ■ E. A. (Confidential), dated 2nd March 1905.
1^1
r- 1 C ' 2 -
No. 1473-E.A., dated Simla, the 18th April 1905.
Endorsed by the Government of India, Foreign Department.
A copy of the foregoing letter is forwarded to the Department of Com*
I-etter from the Sec-etary, Upper ,„di. 01 ,.,„ber ^
of Commerce, dated the 20th Match 1905, with cn- continuation or tiie endorsement from the
clo,ur# - Foreign Department, No. 894-E. A. (Confi
dential), dated the 2 nd March 1905.
No. 1471-E.A., dated Simla, the 18th April 1905. <5-:
From R. E. Holland, Esq, I.C.S., Assistant Secretary to the Government of
India, Foreign Department,
-yw I -
To Major P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., Political Kesident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
With reference to the correspondence ending with the endorsement from the
*1 Government of India, in the Foreign Department, No. 891-E.A. (Confidential),
dated the 2nd March 1905, L am directed to forward, for your information, a copy
of the papers cited on the margin regard
ing the disposal of Government property
in possession of Mr. Gleadowe Neweomen,
President of the Commercial Mission to
Persia.
Extract from letter from the Secretary, Upper
India Chamber of Commerce, dated the 28 th
February 1905
Telegram to the Secretary, Upper Ind ; a Chamber
of Commerce, No. 1227 -E.A , dated the 23 rd March
1905 .
2 . I am to request that you will sell the horses, crediting the proceeds to
Government and that you will dispose of the remainder of the articles in such
manner as you may consider most suitable.
MEMORANDUM.
CommsbciaIi Mission to Persia.
Letter from 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 Oulf,
No. 62 , dated the 3 rd February 1905 , with enclosure.
Telegram to His Britannic Majesty’s Minister,
Tehran, No 842 -E.A., dated the 27 th tebrnary 1905 .
Telegram from His Britannic Majesty’s Minister,
Tehran, No. 38 , dated the 1 st March 19<>5
Letter from the Secretary, Upper India Chamber
of Commerce, dated the 28 th February 1905 , with
enclosures.
Letter to the Secretary, Upper India Chamber of
Comme ce. No. 1241 -K.A., dated the 25 th March 1905 .
Letter from the Secretary, India Chamber of Com
merce, dated 20 th March 1905 ,with enclosures.
The papers specified in the margin were
transmitted to the Secretary, Political and
Secret Department,
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.
, London,
for the information of His Majesty’s Sec
retary of State for India, under cover of
the Foreign Secretary’s letter No. 16-M.,
dated the 20th April .1905.
61
Gh C. Press, Simla,-No. C15I F. D.-19-5-06.-00.
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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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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’
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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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