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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [12r] (28/228)
The record is made up of 1 volume (110 folios). It was created in 1905. 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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Memorandum of information received during
the month of March 1905, regarding
external affairs other than those relating
to the
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
, Afghanistan,
and Persia.
[Note.—T his memorandum is based upon reports, the accuracy of
which it is not always possible to guarantee.]
ARABIA.
1. Aden delimitation .—Active negotia
tions have been proceeding at Constantinople
with a view to a final settlement.
2. (a) Mudariba-Sheikh Murad sec-
Instructions have been received by the
Turkish authorities in Yemen, which are in
substantial conformity with the British
demands (see paragraph 1 of Memorandum
for January 1905).
3. The Government of India have ex
pressed to the Secretary of State their hope
that all the country up the coast from Sheikh
Murad to Kuddam will clearly be included
in the territory of which the Turkish Govern
ment are to pledge themselves not to alienate.
4. On 27th March, Mr. Pitzmaurice
proposed to Sir N. O’Conor that he should
sign the map of the boundary line, but not the
proces-verbal, the terms of which he considered
too vague to be of any use. He has been
requested by Sir N. O’Con or to await the
receipt of the instructions which are being
sent by the Ottoman Minister of War to the
Turkish Commissioner.
5. The Government of India have
informed the Secretary of State that they
agree with Mr. Pitzmaurice and the Bombay
Government in deprecating the construction
of demarcation pillars, since the proposed line
would follow well defined and natural
features; and they have pointed out the risk
and expense which would be involved by
employing a large escort during the approach
ing hot weather. In their opinion the present
operation might be limited to erecting a couple
of pillars at Sheikh Said.
6. Section from the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
JBana north
east to the desert. —Instructions have been
received by the Turkish authorities in Yemen,
which are in substantial conformity with the
British demands (see paragraph 1 of Memo
randum for January 1905).
7. Mr. Pitzmaurice having raised the
question of the advisability of obtaining from
the Porte a specific recognition of the Aulaki
as being British, Sir N. O’Conor has expressed
the view that the British character of that
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The volume contains printed monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India 'regarding external affairs other than those relating to the North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. , Afghanistan, and Persia' for the months of January to March 1905 inclusive (folios 4-17); memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to Arabia' for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 18-54); and memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to the North-East Frontier, Burma, Siam, and China', for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 55-108). A note accompanying each memorandum states that they are 'based upon reports, the accuracy of which it is not always possible to guarantee'.
The combined 'other external affairs' reports (folios 4-17) relate to Arabia (Aden), Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , China, Tibet, and Bhutan; the Arabia memoranda (folios 18-54) relate to Aden, Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the North-East Frontier etc. memoranda (folios 55-108) relate to Tibet, Bhutan, China, Siam [Thailand], Nepal, Burma, and Assam.
Memoranda covering the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. include intelligence reports concerning Maskat [Muscat], Koweit [Kuwait], Nejd [Najd], Bahrein [Bahrain], Katif [Al-Qatif], El Katr/Katar [Qatar], the Arab Coast, Musandim [Musandam], and the Pirate Coast.
The memoranda relating to Arabia include references to the following subjects: political intelligence, tribal affairs, relations with the Ottoman Government, frontier settlement, pearl fisheries, quarantine, and slavery.
The memoranda regarding affairs on and beyond the North-East Frontier of India cover a similar broad range of political and economic intelligence.
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- 1 volume (110 folios)
- Arrangement
The memoranda are arranged in chronological order within in each grouping from the front to the back of the volume.
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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 112; 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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- Mss Eur F112/450
- Title
- 'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:111v, back-i
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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