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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [33r] (70/228)
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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27. Proposals for the erection of suitable
buildings for the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
are now under con
sideration.
28. Bahrein. —His Majesty’s Minister,
Tehran, reports that, under advice from him,
the “ Terbiet ”, a respectable Tehran journal,
has contradicted a false and malicious version
of the recent Bahrein incident published in
the Calcutta “ Habl-ul-Matin ”, to the effect
that it was a highhanded abuse of force by a
strong power against a weak one, that troops
had been landed at and had sacked Manama,
and that this action foreshadowed a policy of
violence by Great Britain against all the States
on the shore of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
while Bussia’s
attention was absorbed by Par Eastern matters.
29. Assistant Surgeon Ghulam Ali Khan
has been despatched to Bahrein on plague duty.
Plague is reported, on the 11th July 1905, by
the Political Besident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, to
have ceased in Bahrein, and quarantine restric
tions to have been removed.
30. Major Cox telegraphed, on the 15th
July 1905, that two fresh piracies had been
committed by Ahmed-bin-Selman on 25th and
26th June 1905. The report forwarded by the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Bahrein shows the ineffectual
efforts made by him to capture or trace the
pirate.
31. As Major Cox has intimated on 17th
July the readiness of Sheikh Ali to surrender,
the question of the place of his detention is
under consideration.
32. General. —The Secretary of State for
India has been informed by despatch (29th June
1905), with reference to the alleged hindrances
to British trade in the Turkish ports of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, that on investigation no
evidence was obtainable to indicate that
foreign ships received preferential treatment.
The quarantine regulations, however, were
found to be unnecessarily strict and detri
mental to British interests, and it was suggested
that His Majesty’s Government might find it
possible to secure some relaxation of the rules.
Simla, 1 C. SOMEBS COCKS.
The 1st Aug. 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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