'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B'

Content

This volume is a collection of correspondence about the Persian Coast, selected by Jerome A Saldanha and printed in Simla in 1906.

The volume is divided into twelve chapters:

• Internal Affairs, with list of officials and events (folios 7-16);
• Claims of the Imam of Maskat [Muscat] to the islands of Kishm, Angaum and Ormuz and the town of Bandar Abbas and its dependencies (folios 17-30);
• Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. British Expedition to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Karun River (folios 31-34);
• Various attempts made to establish Persian influence in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1887-1905 (folios 35-39);
• 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. appointments, establishments, and guards and buildings on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 40-49);
• British extra-territorial jurisdiction on the Persian Coast and Islands (folios 50-62);
• Questions of Status (folios 63-69);
• Claims of British subjects and protegés against the Persian Government and Officials and Persian subjects (folios 70-80);
• Certain miscellaneous affairs with regard to British relations with Persia (folios 81-87);
• Infringement of British Commercial Rights (folios 88-94);
• Introduction of Belgian Customs Administration and new Tariff, 1900-1905 (folios 95-100);
• Persian interference with the British Postal arrangements (folios 101-103).

Extent and format

1 volume (106 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/20/C248

History of this record

Date(s)

21 Mar 1906 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

International relationsAnglo-Persian War (1856-1857)

Places

Karun RiverPersian GulfBandar Abbas

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'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C248, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x0001cf> [accessed 20 January 2025]

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