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Notes Prepared for Reference during Curzon’s Tour of the Persian Gulf, and Other Papers on Persia and the Persian Gulf [317r] (633/678)
The record is made up of 1 file (337 folios). It was created in 4 Aug 1895-21 Nov 1903. It was written in English and French. 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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[This Document is the Property of Her Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
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ASIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
I\Io. 7. PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY.
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2427
No. 1.
Sir M. Durand to the Marquess of Salisbury.—(Received December 23.)
(No. 91.)
My Lord, Tehran, November 5, 1895.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship’s despatch
No. 94 of the 8th October last respecting the construction of roads in the neighbour
hood of the Caspian Sea.
I inclose a Memorandum by
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Hasan Ali Khan respecting the proposed
chausse'e from Astara to Tabreez.
I have, &c.
(Signed) H. M. DURAND.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Memorandum respecting the Astara-Ardebil Road.
I INQUIRED verbally from His Highness the Sadr-i-Azam regarding the
construction of the chausse'e (road) from Astara to Tabreez via Ardebil, and whether a
Concession had been given to a Russian Company for this purpose. His Highness said
that a Concession had been given to the Eirman'Eirma about three years ago for the
construction of a chausse'e (road) from Astara to Ardebil, and that this Concession had
been granted exclusively to Persian subjects. Last year, when the Eirman Eirma was
here, he requested that his Concession might be made transferable to any foreign
subject, but the Shah refused his request. The Valiahd recently informed the Shah that
there were some foreign Companies anxious to construct a road from Astara to Tabreez,
and asked that a Concession might be granted them. His Majesty replied that he
must have time for reflection before he could grant such a Concession.
No. 2.
Sir M. Durand to the Marquess of Salisbury.—(Received December 23.)
(No. 97.)
My Lord, Tehran, November 26, 1895.
WITH reference to my telegram No. 46 of the 7th November, I have the honour
to forward, for your Lordship’s information, a translation of the Concession granted by
the Persian Government for the construction of a road between Tehran and
Khanikin.
I have, &c.
(Signed) H. M. DURAND.
Inclosure in No. 2.
Concession for the Construction of a Carriage-road between Tehran and Khanakin, for
improving Communication between Tehran and Bagdad, and for establishing a Carriage-
transport for Merchandize.
(Translation.)
[AS this road Avill be constructed merely for pilgrimage to Korbola, it will be
called the Zawar, or Pilgrims’ road.]
Article 1. The Persian Government will grant this Concession to M. Eelix Morel,
[1679 m —1] B
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The file contains papers relating to Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including a document entitled ‘Notes on current topics prepared for reference during his Excellency the Viceroy’s tour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , November 1903.’ It also includes printed extracts of letters relating to the tour from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arnold Kemball, 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. , and Major Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Maskat [Muscat], dated August to October 1903.
In addition, the file includes the following papers:
- Handwritten notes by George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India, including notes on Muscat, Koweit [Kuwait], and the Mekran [Makran] Coast
- Memoranda concerning Koweit
- A copy of a letter from Colonel Charles Edward Yate, Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan, to the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department, forwarding the camp diary kept during his tour in Makran and Las Bela, from 1 December 1901 to 25 January 1902
- A copy of a 'Report on a Journey from India to the Mediterranean via the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Baghdad and the Euphrates Valley, including a Visit to the Turkish Dependency of El Hasa' by Captain J A Douglas, Staff Captain, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department in India, 1897 (which includes three sketch maps: Mss Eur F111/358, f 138; Mss Eur F111/358, f 158; and Mss Eur F111/358, f 141).
Folios 232 to 338 largely consist of printed copies of correspondence between Sir (Henry) Mortimer Durand, HM Minister at Teheran [Tehran], and the Marquess of Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 1895-1896, relating to Persia.
The file includes a copy of a Collective Letter addressed by the Turkish, British and French Consuls to the Valiahd regarding the Tabriz Riots, 5 August 1895, which is in French (folios 332).
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- 1 file (337 folios)
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The papers are arranged in roughly chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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 339; 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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- Notes Prepared for Reference during Curzon’s Tour of the Persian Gulf, and Other Papers on Persia and the Persian Gulf
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- 279r, 301r:301v, 317r:318r, 326r
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- Government of Persia
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