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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [14v] (33/228)
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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them, and all of you wiU be m the ^
the Sultan. As ^ Ibn ; ’ Nei( j » (vide
nothing to do with affaus
paragraph 13 of Memorandum for February)
P 26. Bahrein.-^, Sheikh has substantmUy
nereed to the demands presented to him
February 1895. Sheikh Ali escaped; whereupon,
KS ,»d property, .B« tb. r.oor.l^
his zenana, were confiscated.^ offer-
issued a notification, outlawing 1> m, an d 0 tter
ing rewards for his arrest and for that ol the/our
principal offenders in the assaults committed
on the Persians, as they, too, had abscondt.
Sheikh Ali. The Mullas, Jasim and Ahmed,
surrendered and were reprimanded for their
interference with the affairs of the State, and
advised to abstain from similar conduct in
future. Major Cos returned to Bushire on the
6th March 1905. He has been informed that
the Government of India consider the measures
taken as having been on the whole satisfactory
{vide paragraph 23 of Memorandum for bel>
ruary).
27. The Assistant Politital Agent reported
(17th February) the occurrence of an act
of piracy by the Murrah .Behaih tribe on
two Bahrein boats at Has-Abu Huekhil on the
coast of Hasa, south of Ojair. A slave-boy,
belonging to the Bahreinese, was carried off as
a prize, and two of the boatmen dangerously
wounded. The facts have been communicated
to His Majesty’s Consul at Basrah, with a view
to the Turkish authorities being moved to take
suitable action. The Wali of Basrah has pro
mised to issue fresh orders to the Turkish
officials in El Hasa for the pursuit and capture
of the pirate, Ahmed-bin Selman, and his
companions {vide paragraph 20 of Memoran
dum for December 1904).
28. JEl Katr. —On the 28th February
1904, the Secretary of State telegraphed that
His Majesty’s Government saw no advantage
in the revival of the Agreement of 1868 with
Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Thana of El Katr for the
purpose in view without giving it an interpret
ation considerably in excess of what its actual
terms could bear. They further, owing to the
prevalence of a general sense of insecurity and
suspicion in the neighbourhood of the Persian
Gulf, were unwilling to raise any question
touching the status quo in that quarter, and
propose shortly to refer, for examination by
the Defence Committee, the whole question of
British policy in that region.
TIBET.
0° 26th February Captain O’Connor
reported that several merchants had re
turned to Gyantse during the week from
Calcutta and Kahmpong bringing piece-goods
turquoises, &c. Among these were some
Muhammadan and Nepalese merchants who
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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)
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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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- 'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.'
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- 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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