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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.' [127r] (258/386)
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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PART III.
Despatches and correspondence connected with Chapter IV— Persian
Gulf.
Table of contents.
Serial
No.
Paragraph o£ Chapter IV
vbich despatch or correspond-
snce is intended to illustrate.
Despatch or
correspondence.
Subject.
Page No.
1
British Naval Strategy
No. 66 (Secret E.) of
2nd May 1901.
Strategical problem at the
entrance of the Gulf.
1
2
D itt o •••
No. 192 (Secret E.)
of 2 3rd October
1902. (Also Lord
Curzon’s minute of
6th October 1902.)
Ditto ...
1—5
3
Ditto
No. 4 (Secret) of
27th February 1903.
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.
. •
5—6
4
Ditto
No. 16 (Secret E.) of
21st January 1904.
Strategical problem at the
entrance of the Gulf.
6—9
5
Bassidore
No. 92 (Secret E.) of
29th May 1902.
Position at Bassidore
10
6
Ditto
Memorandum by Sir
T. Sanderson of J.4l1i
July 1902.
Ditto ..
ip—n
7
8
Khor Musa and Khor
Abdullah.
Ditto
No. 71 (Secret E.) of
24th March 1904.
No. 25 (Secret E.) of
4th February 1904.
Importance of Khor Musa
Importance of Khor
Abdullah.
12— 13
13— 15
9
Bubiyan Island
Telegram, dated 22nd
April 1904.
Withdrawal of the Turkish
post from the Island,
15-16
10
Ditto
Telegram No 1358-E.
A., dated 27th April
1904.
Ditto
16
11
British naval organi
sation.
No. 7 (Marine Depart
ment) of 9th October
1902.
Arming of the R.I.M.S.
“ Lawrence/’
16—19
12
t
Ditto
No. 5 (Marine Depart
ment) of 10th Angus
1905.
-1 Objections to a scheme
t proposed by Admiralty.
19—22
13
Lord Curzon’s cruise..
No. 148 (Secret E.'
of 17 th Septembei
1903.
Proposals for the cruise ...
13
14
Ditto
34 (Secret) of 6th Nov
ember 1903.
- Approval of His Majesty’*
Government to the pro
posed cruise.
23—24
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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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- 1 volume (189 folios)
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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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- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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