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'Précis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast and Islands, 1854-1905 By J A Saldanha, BA LL B' [28r] (55/212)
The record is made up of 1 volume (106 folios). It was created in 21 Mar 1906. 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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166. The following telegram was sent by the Governor of Bombay to Mr.
Alison on the I ith February 1868
" The Government of India suggest that Maskat has no title and that we cannot there
fore treat with the Sultan. Your Excellency disapproves of our opening the question with
Persia, and Colonel Pelly says that no cession can be made by the present lessee of Bandar
Abbas. I think any recognition of Persian jurisdiction where doubtful west of Gwadur
would be very impolitic."
167. The telegram from Mr. Alison to the
A^o'cfob?,^! ,o6 P ''" t ' ,Cal Governor, dated the 29th February 1868,
was as follows :—
" The Persian Government has taken alarm about the proceedings respecting Angaum.
They say the Imam of Maskat has no right to make territorial arrangements with Foreign
Powers and that if he persists, they will cancel his lease. I am in communication with the
Shah."
A copy of the above was forwarded to the Government of India with
• Merely a forwarding letter to the foregoing Government letter No. 45 * ^ the 22nd
telegram. February 1868.
168. By his letter No. 7 of the 21st January 1868 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.
confirmed the telegram sent by him to the Governor on the
same day, which was as follows ;—
" Bandar Abbas Sheikh farms that district for one year and could not move concerning
Angaum unless after reference to Persian authority. I am awaiting further instructions
before communicating with the Sheikh."
169. With their memorandum No. 241-B., dated the 10th March 1868, the
Government of India forwarded a copy of their letter No. 241-A. of the same date
to the British Minister in Persia. Extracts from the letter are as follows:—
" It has, the Governor-General in Council observes, been explained to the Shah's Govern
ment that the proposed arrangement consists merely in the transfer of a telegraphic station
from one point to another in the jurisdiction of the Imam of Maskat with his consent. Your
Excellency is persuaded that on the nature of the change being made clear to the Shah,
His Majesty's consent will be readily given.
1.?.. the information given in Bombay Govern- p rom marginally noted information sub-
ment letter No. 283, dated the 31st December I807. , ,1^1 .r r-
mitted by the Bombay Government the Gov
ernor-General in Council is however inclined to apprehend that the Persian Government
may ere this have taken exception to the description of the Island of Angaum as a point
within the jurisdiction of the Imam of Maskat. But the Governor-General in Council sees
grounds for hoping that the present opportunity may be successfully taken for pressing
upon the attention of the Persian Government the proposal in the form which it originally,
took, namely, the concentration at the Island of Angaum of all our establishments at the
mouth of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. This measure would involve the removal to that place of the
telegraphic station now fixed at Musandim and of the naval station at Bassidore in which
the territorial rights of the Persian Government would appear to be exactly similar to those
in Angaum. It might be easy to arrange with Persia, so that the prescriptive right by
which a partial tenure is enjoyed at Bassidore should be transferred to Angaum. I am to
request that His Majesty the Shah may be moved to give the requisite permission."
170. By his letter, dated the 30th March 1868, Sir C. Alison confirmed his
t Proceedings No. 266 in Political a. October telegram"}* to the Governor of Bombay
1868, Nos. 266-267. 0 f sam e date by which^he had intimated
that he had obtained the Shah's sanction for a telegraph station at Angaum
and that plans had been furnished by Major Champain ; and in which he had
requested that this information might be conveyed to the Governor-General.
171. On the 28th April 1868 the following telegram was received from the
same officer
There is no question of discussing proprietorship of Angaum,'and I have executed the
instructions of Her Majesty's Government with all the reservation and caution that I could
bring to bear upon the subject."
J Enclosure to Proceedings No. 271 in Political , I 72. On the 17th July l868, the follow-
A., September 1868, Nos. 268-274. mg telegram J was received from the
Resident in the Guff:—
" Arrived at Shiraz. I learn accidentally that convention between England and Persia
has been sent home for ratification concerning Angaum. As this islet is claimed by and
would, but for the Viceroy's proferred mediation regarding Bandar Abbas, have been already
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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).
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- 1 volume (106 folios)
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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.
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