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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [25v] (55/228)
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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asked that work thereon be stopped until
the question of ownership has been discusse
and 4 settled with Sir A- Hardmge His
Maiesty’s Minister has explained that, it tne
matter is further pressed on the receipt ol the
report called for from Major Cox, it will entail
the revival of the British contention as to the
ownership of Sirri (vide paragraph 17 ol
Memorandum for July 1904).
39. General.—In view of the decisions
recorded in the Paris Sanitary Convention,
1903, the question of the establishment ot a
sanitary depot on the island of Ormuz has
been under discussion. Sir A. Hardinge report
ed (1st May) that the French Government
had informed the Persian Government, firstly,
that her proposal to substitute Persian for
Turkish flag and guards on the International
Sanitary Station in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
should
be settled between the Persian and Turkish
Governments, and that, if all the signatories
of the Paris Convention concurred, it could be
recorded in connection with the ratifications;
and, secondly, that the proposed selection of
Henjam or another adjacent point instead ot
Ormuz would have to be submitted to the
Signatory Powers for their unanimous sanction.
The President of the Board of Health at
Tehran has advised the Persian Government
to propose to the Powers Henjam as a sub
stitute for Ormuz, and to solve the flag question
by constructing and maintaining, out of
Persian funds, a sanitary station there. This
last condition is considered by Sir A. Hardinge
as being fatal to the establishment of a station.
Simla, 1 C. SOMERS COCKS.
The 1st June 1905. )
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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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