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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [468v] (935/949)
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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filtered h\ Mr. Lorimer s
7. The position lias, however, ^ ^ resu i t 0 f which is reported
* Secret e., May isos, Nos 170-287. note 0 f the 22 nd March last ; and
ubid ' TT -n n tpipo-rams of the 27 th* March and 15 tht April
last that ^ GovernmentTot India are no longer prepared to ignore the fact of
the Sultan’s sovereignty over Musnndrm. ^ ^ considerations
8. In the changed circumstances, _ = erou ° n d s upon which Her late
stated above (paragraph h), and in new ^ = Governm I eut p ro t e sted to the
*“ s ''trf" ( t~rs.nr 32 fa WeU Government against the cession
s S.f°E “« iw. FeWry 1899 . (Copy to tQ tliein by t i, e Sultan of IBunder Gisseh
Ko. 9 , aate'dtdMiiS") 1 in 18984 ‘l request that your B ^ellenc? s
Government will again take into y<~demtim, he
tenance of the flagstaff on Telegraph Is and m the Ugnt In the
meantime' nothfeg^shSte done in anticipation of the Anal decision of His
Maiesty’s Government.
J " i have the honour to he,
My TjOed,
Your Lordship’s most obedient, humble Servant,
St. JOHN BRODRICK.
Telegram No. 2241-E.B., dated the 12 th June 1905.
From—The Foreign Secretary, Simla, . n . p 1P
To—M ajou P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., Officiating
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 mlf,
Bushire.
Please await receipt of copy of a fresh despatch from His Majesty’s Secretary
v Ao .^of State, which is heing P posted to you before s^mitting the report caUed hir m
Foreign Department endorsement ^o. ibl^B.B., dated 12th May 1 U ,
garding flagstaffs on Musandim.
Note on the limits of the Sultanate of Maskat.
1 I have been asked for an opinion as to the limits of the Sultan of
Maskat’s territory and as to the desirability of defining them by means o
a map.
2 As the Maskat frontier has not been formally demarcated on any side,
I can ’ do no more than adduce reasons for considering that certain places are
within and others without the Sultan s juiisdicdon.
3. In regard to each doubtful locality we must enquire, firstly, whether the
Sultan claims the sovereignty ; secondly, whether the actual inhabitants admit
it; and, thirdly, whether any neighbouring authority maintains a rival claim.
The best proof of sovereign rights is, of course, their exercise, as by dispensing
justice or collecting taxes.
4. The French view§ seems to he that the Sultanate of Maskat extends from
, 0 * ..twites da the Peninsula of Katar in the north to the
Suitanat de Mascate.” western extremity of Dhofar in the south,
and that nowhere between these points is there any breach in toe continuity of the
l p. g . 18. “situation special, do i» viiie d. Sultan’s authority. At the same time
it is indicated that there is a doubt re
garding his title to one place, namely,
Sur.|| Gwadur^f is mentioned as belong
ing to the Sultan, and a vague hint thrown out that part of the Persian coast
and certain Persian islands are his also.**
sour.’
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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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- 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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