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The record is made up of 1 file (64 folios). It was created in 15 Apr 1899-9 Sep 1905. 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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Sir A. Hardinge to the Marquess of Lansdowne.—(Received December 4, 5‘30 p.m.)
(No. 77.)
(Telegraphic.) Tehran, December 4, 1902. ITS a.m.
YOUR telegram No. 63.
My draft letter to Sheikh, after urging maintenance of good relations with Shah’s
Government, recapitulates his Agent’s inquiries last May as to our readiness to protect
him against only danger he really feared, viz., attempt by ships of foreign Power,
either at war with or acting as pretended friend of Persia, to depose him and deprive
Arabs of their ancient rights, and my reply that “ Roth contingencies were very
unlikely, but that if either arose we should, in my belief, interfere, provided that he
had acted in accordance with our advice, and that our naval Power, which w r as
strongest in Gulf, would be employed to prevent forcible action against him.” 1
propose now to add following sentence, embodying your Lordship’s own words: “ 1
stated, however, that I should have to refer these questions to the Poreign Minister of
the British Government, and he has now authorized me to say that we shall protect
Mohammerah against naval attack by a foreign Power, whatever pretext for such
attack may be alleged, and also so long as you remain faithful to the Shah, and act in
accordance with our advice, will continue to give you our good oflices and support.”
Rest of letter contains expressions of belief that Persian Government have no
designs on Sheikh’s rights, and of personal esteem for himself.
I spoke to Grand Vizier on the subject last Monday. He made no remarks worth
telegraphing, but I think my words did good.
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The file contains correspondence, reports and memoranda relating to the Baghdad Railway, and papers relating to Britain’s relations with Persia [Iran], and to a lesser extent, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Papers relating to the Baghdad Railway include the following memoranda: ‘Memorandum on the Baghdad Railway, and possible British participation therein’; ‘Memoranda containing a Brief Account of the Negotiations relating to the Baghdad Railway, 1898-1905’; and ‘Report (with Maps) on the country adjacent to the Khor Abdullah, and places suitable as Termini of the proposed Baghdad Railway’ (which includes two maps: Mss Eur F111/360, f 32 and Mss Eur F111/360, f 33).
The file also includes:
- Copies of printed despatches from the Marquess of Lansdowne (Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Sir Charles Louis des Graz, Secretary of the British Legation, Tehran, dated August 1902, reporting conversations between himself and the Shah of Persia and the Atabeg-i-Azam (also spelled Atabek-i-Azam) concerning Britain’s relations with Persia, including the increase in the Persian Customs Tariff
- Handwritten notes by George Nathaniel Curzon relating to Persia (folios 43 to 50)
- Newspaper extracts from The Times , dated January 1902 and May 1903, relating to British interests in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Russian relations with Persia (folios 54 to 63).
The file includes a copy of a letter from Sir Nicholas Roderick O’Conor, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to the Marquess of Lansdowne, enclosing an extract from the Moniteur Oriental of 15 August 1905, regarding the working of the recently completed section of the Baghdad Railway from Konia to Eregli and Boulgourlou, which is in French. The file also includes a copy of a letter from Joseph Naus to Sir Arthur Hardinge, HM Minister to Persia, 3 May 1903, relating to the export of cereals, which is also in French.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (64 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers from folios 1 to 42 are arranged in no apparent order, Curzon’s handwritten notes from folios 44 to 51 are enclosed in an envelope - folio 43, and the newspaper cuttings from folios 54 to 63 are enclosed in an envelope - folio 52.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 64; 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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- Mss Eur F111/360
- Title
- ‘Bagdad Ry’
- Pages
- 1r:8v, 9v:25v, 26v:31v, 34r:35r, 36r:43r, 44r:53v, 61r:61v, 64r:64v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence