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'SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS AND MEASURES OF THE VICEROYALTY OF HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON, VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. I. JANUARY 1899-APRIL 1904. II. DECEMBER 1904-NOVEMBER 1905. VOLUME IV. PERSIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF.' [122r] (248/386)
The record is made up of 1 volume (189 folios). It was created in 1907. 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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nnvprnmcnt on various occasions, and, especially by their agreement in the
v 1870 to refer to the arbitration of a British officer the question wmch
Tad then arisen with regard to the frontiers of Seistan and Afghantstan Tins
intprrsf, liad recently been much increased owing to the successful establ s
ment of 'lie trade route from Quetta via Nushki to Seistau and the rapidly
Smand n ' commerce which had consequently sprung up between the two
countries 0 In these circumstances, His Majesty’s Government regarded it as of
the utmost importance that Seistan should remain as heretofore under the
i ■ r'rmtml of Perkin and they could not tolerate or acquiesce in any
.CUta - rerenuw « »y oth.rr™.,,
or the intrusion of any foreign authority theie.
Sir A Hardinge was directed to add that His Majesty’s Government
honed that the rumour of an intention to punish the Hashmat ul-Mulk on
iceount o I s fHem y attitude to Great Britain was untrue as such a pro-
ceedi^ would make a very unfavorable impression, and might precipitate the
results 0 which His Majesty’s Government so earnestly desired to avoi .
The Grand Yizier denied that there wm any foundation for the rumours
alluded to, and no formal reply to this despatch was asked tor.
41 A few months later, however, it was found necessary to bring the
our interests had in ^"'‘‘•i.'^fvizier on 21st November 1901 in a note which,
when'rctonring^o Seistan, requestedthat tlm assurance^of ^ e clf r ity
C- tit 5Sf« ,-d se puoed
on formal record, and this A\as duly done. . .
mi i • f wns sliortlv afterwards again mentioned m the
Lord Lansdowne found \-J. r fnunrrls Persia and to point out that His
the salient features of British pohoy towards J'«W' i '' n ^ s rt s / n ^ Rllsgia of any
Majesty’s Government could no. acqmesc^ ^ ^ Commercial Monopoly or
preferential political rights . , iahis’replv repeated that it was
2SU22X -U >• m r
43. Meanwhile the P« 9i ‘ ion n °| ‘^.^’^vtS^bV^^e'nsthrply
no further summons to Te irai side and the allied Russians and
one, between the BriUs q£ his euem i es received a serious addition
with tTe arrival in M^ 1902 of “ho.
IZTo^X operdy Intfguef, of the Russians, to oust the
Hashmat in his own favour. , ,, ,,
44. To further increase his
in Seistan lands. , ,. . .
45. The removal of the Governor, possibly with the inten^
restored when made ^eans abandoned, and in July
which the Russian C ‘ h yj, Castaigne, tlie Belgian
1902 an attempt was made to rnvernor°General of Khorasan to reoom-
Hircctor of Customs, who pressed the of an assault upon
mend the Hashmat’s dismissal, nomm ^ Naiyur-ed-Dowleh, however,
M. Cesan by the Sal j tip °/ f.? easure and M. Castaigne threatened that
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Printed at the GC [Government Central] Press, Simla.
The volume is divided into three parts: Part I (folios 5-47) containing an introduction; Part II (folios 48-125) containing a detailed account; and Part III (folios 126-188) containing despatches and correspondence connected with Part I Chapter IV ('The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ', folios 28-47).
Part I gives an overview of policy and events in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region during Curzon's period as Viceroy [1899-1905], with sections on British policy in Persia; the maintenance and extension of British interests; Seistan [Sīstān]; and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Part II contains more detailed accounts of selected topics, including sections on British policy in Persia, customs and finance, quarantine, administration, communications, and British and Russian activity in Seistan. The despatches and correspondence in Part III include correspondence from the Government of India in the Foreign Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Viceroy; addresses and speeches by Curzon; and notes of interviews between Curzon and local rulers.
Mss Eur F111/531-534 consist of four identical printed and bound volumes. However, the four volumes each show a small number of different manuscript annotations and corrections.
This volume contains manuscript additions on folios 11, 40-41, 47, and 142-146.
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The volume contains a list of Parts I-III on folio 4; a table of contents of Part I on folio 6; a table of contents of Part II on folio 49; and a table of contents of Part III on folios 127-129, which gives a reference to the paragraph of Part I Chapter IV that the despatch or correspondence is intended to illustrate.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 191; 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.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS AND MEASURES OF THE VICEROYALTY OF HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON, VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. I. JANUARY 1899-APRIL 1904. II. DECEMBER 1904-NOVEMBER 1905. VOLUME IV. PERSIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:190v, back-i
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- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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