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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. PART I - The Persian Gulf.' [3r] (10/92)
The record is made up of 1 volume (42 folios). It was created in 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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42
CHAPTER IV.
The
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Unparalleled prominence of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
question—“Russian de
signs—Russian quest of a naval base—Russian railway survey—
Indirect establishment of Russian influence—Visits of Russian
war-vessels—Russian consular establishments—Russian navigation
and commerce—French activity—Grant of French flags—French
attempt to obtain a naval base—Indirect efforts to increase French
influence—German activity—Belgian enterprise—Pan-Islamie op
position to Britain—Activity of Great Britain—British naval
strategy—Bassidore—Khor Musa and Khor Aldullah—British
naval surveys—British naval organisation—British naval demon
strations—Lord Curzon's cruise—British consular establishments,
guards and residences—British sanitary organisation—British
mercantile navigation and commerce—Marine surveys—Accelerated
; steamer service—Extension of the telegraph—Land surveys and
explorations—Pearl fisheries—Arms trade—General history—Oman
and Gwadur—Trucial Oman—El Katr—Bahrein—El Hassa—
Koweit—Central Arabia—Turkish Arabia—Arabistan—Coast of
Fars, Gulf Ports and Islands—Persian Mekran—Political review of
the period
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Inscribed 'Proof' on the front cover. The title on the front cover and on the title page on folio 2 has been amended: 'Part IV - The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .' has been corrected to 'Part I - The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .'. Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla.
The volume summarises the main issues concerning the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region (including Persia) during Curzon's period as Viceroy. The volume covers: the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. question (i.e. the increasing rivalry of other European powers, notably Russia, to the United Kingdom's position as the dominant power in the region); the activities of Russia, France, Germany and Belgium; British naval strategy; Britain's political and administrative organisation; trade and commerce; communications; pearl fisheries; the arms trade; a survey of political events in the various territories of the Gulf; and the impact on the Gulf of Curzon's period in office as a whole.
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- 1 volume (42 folios)
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There is a list of contents on folio 3.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 44; 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.
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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. PART I - The Persian Gulf.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:43v, back-i
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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