'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.' [125r] (254/386)
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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Govern in Gut would linve to be obtained in order to mate tbe purchase valid ;
but Major Sykes, while admitting the denial to be natural, confirmed on the 3rd
June his previous statement, adding that 186,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
had already been lent
by the Russian Bank and that the Manager of the Imperial Bank of Persia
was a witness to the sale which had been admitted by the purchaser. The
Mushir*ed-Uowleh when informed of this indubitable evidence remarked that
the matter must have been arranged without his knowledge, and he enquired
of the Grand Vizier, who by that time had started for Europe with the
Shah, but all his telegrams remained unanswered.
It was suspected at the Legation that the Grand Vizier, acting in the names
of the Meshed merchants, had tried to get a lien on the Seistan Crown property
as security for the loan which he had made to the Shah for the purpose of his
European journey. This loan stood in the names of the merchants, though
it was really made by the Grand Vizier himself. ^
59. Several reminders on the subject were sent by the Government of India
to the Minister at Tehran but no reply could be extracted from the Grand \ izier
until the 4th November 1905 after the Shah s return to Persia. Ibe reply given
was to the effect that no permission had been given to sell Crown lands in Seistan
hitherto, but should occasion arise, the Persian Government considered themselves
at liberty to sell those lands which were their property. Pendinginstructions from
the British Foreign Office Mr. Grant Duff confined himself to acknowledging the
Mushir-ed-Dowleh's note and reminding him of previous assurances regarding
the non-alienation of the Seistan revenues. Matters were at this sta^e ^ hen
Lord Curzon left India.
G. C. B. P., Simlai—No. 0311 F. D.—26-8-07.-2.
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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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- 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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