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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [18r] (40/228)
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 April 1905, regarding
external affairs relating to Arabia.
[Noth.—T his memorandum is based upon reports, the accuracy of
which it is not always possible to guarantee.]
ARABIA.
(ADEN^
1. Aden delimitation. —On the 20th
April, Mr. Pitzmaurice telegraphed that the
Ottoman Commissioner had signed the pro
ceedings that day to the effect that
(1) The lien is on the territory adjoining
and to the north of the Nmnen-Murad bound
ary line.
(2) The basis of the north-east demarca
tion is in general the true north-east line up
to the desert.
(3) Nawa, Rubeaten, and E’thabiani
belong to the Yaffai.
(4) The Aulahi and all its sub-divisions
and dependencies are British ; and that, as the
Aulaki claim suzerainty over Behan-el-Kasab,
Beda is the only serious gap, but it lies mainly
south of the true north-east line, and further
that the 60 miles of Subaihi frontier was
satisfactorily settled and signed.
(Paragraph 5 of Memorandum for March
1905.) Secretary of State on the 17th March
concurred in the proposals that the present
operations on the Subaihi boundary should be
limited to erecting at Sheikh Said the couple
of pillars necessary.
2. It appears that Sir N. O’Conor has
received from the Porte a written communica
tion defining the territory on which there is a
lien, as the 550 square miles of Subaihi territory
described in the Memorandum which he
presented to the Porte on 11th August 1901
(see paragraph 1 of Memorandum for Nov
ember 1901).
3. The Resident at Aden reported that
the death of Abdalla-ba-Haidard Mehdi,
Sheikh of the Akrabi tribe, occurred on the
27th March 1905. No authentic intimation
has been received as to his successor.
(Por proceedings of the Imam, see Turkish
Arabia.)
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.
.
1. {Vide paragraph 8 of the Memo
randum for March 1905.) Authentic inform
ation has been received that Sana has
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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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- 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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