'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.' [169r] (342/386)
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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the French, which would he a considerable advantage to us. Following solu
tions have been suggested to me
First .—That the Sultan should simply release the men on his own authority
at having been now sufficiently punished. The discussion will thus lose its
practical character, but the general question of the French claims will not be
brought to a definite issue, as we should lose the means of inducing the French
Government to go to arbitration.
Second .—That Sultan should be advised by us to surrender the prisoners
to the French Consul on an undertaking by the French Government that
Consul will hand them back to Sultan for custody pending award of Hague
Tribunal.
Please let me have, with as little delay as possible, your views on the whole
subject. In view of small size and force of French ships in Maskat, am advised
by Admiralty no grounds for recalling “ Intrepid ” and “Hermione’*.
34
Telegram, dated the 22nd May 1903.
p rom —His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, London,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Please see my telegram of to-day about Maskat. Lord Lansdowne pointed
out to the French Ambassador, in a further conversation yesterday that in
the French Consul’s letter of the 11th April to the Sultan, and m subsequent
personal interviews between the Consul and Commodore, no demand had been
made bevond the release of the prisoners, and that no mention had heen mac e
of their surrender to the French Consul. In the end the Ambassador thought
that it would be sufficient if the Sultan addressed a written communication to
the French Consul informing him of their release. His Excel ten cy undertook
to submit this proposal to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. In reply
to Lord Lansdowne’s observation that, if this procedure were followed, the
Sultan should make an identical communication to the British Consul, the
French Ambassador said that it was a matter of indifference to Ihe French
Government whether a similar communication was made to the British Consul
or not.
We consider that the procedure suggested would afford a satisfactory
solution, and that we might accept it and recommend it to the Sultan without
loss of credit to him or to ourselves. He will, by imprisoning the offemei.,
have successfully asserted his authority within his own dominions. He will
have resisted, not less successfully, partly the threats of the ^ reneh \ me-
Consul and, subsequently, those of the brench Commodore. He "ill, f hi
own free will, release the prisoners after they have suffered a term of imprison
ment which may he fairly regarded as commensurate with their offence , and
he will consent to this act of clemency only because he will have received an
assurance that the French Government, which has for so long ewled » se e-
ment of this troublesome question, has agreed to dispose of it condusnely by
arbitration.
It is clearlv most desirable that some means should he discovered for
terminating a controversy which has reference to a comparatively tnual
matter; bid which has reached a stage which might at any moment become
acute.
We shall endeavour to obtain from the French Government a written
engagement to refer the question to arbitiation, )u ^ ) ia ve
received, the Sultan will retain the prisoners As SOOI1 ’. t !"'' 6 t ,
obtained this engagement, the Sultan would, in our 0 I 1 ,! .’ ,, French and
the men at once and to send them hack to Sur, mfo mij ^e French and
British Consuls that he has done so. This will put it out of the pou oi
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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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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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