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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [472v] (943/949)
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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proceedings of the
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT, AUGUST 1905.
Pro. No. 306
Flagstaff’s of Musandim Promontory.
He is accompanied bv the British Consul, Bunder Abbas, and the British
A-ent at Koweit. The last is a Political Officer who has taken up h.s residence
atKoweit without any just reason or Government right, since the last nine
months. But the Consul-General, Bushire, is a wel known person for h.s
judiciousness and mild temper, contrary to Major Cox, the^Brit.sh Consul at
Maskat: he is high-handed, and wants to treat the people haishly and rou_, y
and oppressively. He does not treat people after the manner of poht.ciana
hut he uses force. The readers of papers will remember what I to!d before
about his high-handed proceedings at Bahrein, and attack on it, and I'lund
of Amir Ali, a brother of Amir Esau, the Shaikh of the Island; and his
causing to be sold the plundered property at Maskat, Koiveit, and Busliire.
Major Cox has notified to-day that Amir Ah who fled from Bahiein after
having assaulted a German merchant, has taken re rige a e a ar, an is
living with the Naim tribesmen, who are a branch of the Beni Atba, who are
to be found scattered all over the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. The Shaikhs of Bahrein
belong to that tribe. They are Sunnis, while the natives of Bahrein are
Shias. This is the reason why these Shias are hostile to the Shaikhs, and the
latter have on this account accepted British protection, but they soon found
out that they were subjected to oppression.
Maior Cox says that Amir Ali has written to him asking for pardon, and
that he has sent his petition to the British Government with ms recommends-
tion, and it is expected that Amir Ali will soon return to Bahrein.
I have no doubt that will be the end of this sad occurrence, as the
aVim’lrlia nf TlnVlVPin HTP inclined fnr '
But as for the British Consul at Koweit, he is a Consul although he is not
called so. He has left for Karachi, it is said, for a change of air, as his health
is not good.
Perhaps the British Government have removed him from Koweit owing
to the protest of the Turkish Government, because he had occupied there an
official position, which is not recognised in the agreement of the powers.
The English had obliged Mubarak to accept British protection although
the Turkish Government had authority over him; and Mubarak accepted
this protection for a long time, when he found that he had become subjected
to the authority of the English; that the English issued orders and the
Shaikh had to obey them. When he saw this state of things, he did not
hesitate to return to his allegiance to his lawful master, i.e,, His Majesty ihe
Sultan. In this way the Koweit incident, I think, has been closed.
Koweit is an excellent port in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; it gives access to the
Arab cities and towns as far as Mecca and its neighbourhood, and also to the
tract of the country lying between the two rivers and Diarbakar. The
English now understand that they have suffered a loss and their hopes have
not been realised; and thus they have recalled their official. But this
circumstance does not prevent their influence being greater than any other
over the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. It is enough for the English to adhere to their policy
of keeping safe what they have already in their hand of the country.
The 18th July 1905.
A. HAKIM.
Pro.
No. 306.
No. 3060-E.B., dated Simla, the 9th August 1905.
Endorsed ly Foreign Department.
Translation of an extract from the Al Ahram,
dated the 21st Juno iy05.
A copy of the foregoing translation
is forwarded to 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.
for information.
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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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- al Ahram
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