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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [81r] (166/228)
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
t ie month of September 1905, regarding
external affairs relating to the North.
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
Frontier, Burma, Siam, and China.
wuifth ,t IS not always poa.ihle to guarantee.]
TIBET.
1. (See paragraph 11 of the Memo,
randum for August 1905.) On the 6th
September, His Majesty’s Secretary of State
was informed by wire, in reply to his telegraphic
communication, dated the 17th August, (1)
that the British, troops stationed in’Tibet
consist of one and-a-half companies atChumbi,
one company at Phari, and half a company at
Gyantse; (2) that no railway lines have been
constructed in the Chum hi valley, or are
contemplated; (3) that both telegraph and
telephone lines have been erected in the
valley; (4) that only such buildings as are
required for housing the Assistant Political
Officer and troops, and for rest-houses, have
been constructed in the valley; (5) that no
Tibetans are being drilled as soldiers by our
officers; and (6) that no British subjects,
except traders, have settled in the valley. It
was stated at the same time that the provi
sions of Article 7 of the Convention have
been strictly observed in taking action under
heads 3, 4, and 6 above.
2. (See paragraph 12 of the Memoran
dum for August 1905.) No communication
having been received from Tang Tachen, the
Envoy of the Chinese Government, in regard
to the negotiations, His Britannic Majesty’s
Minister m China was asked by wire, on the
27th August, whether he could say what the
attitude of the Chinese Government was
towards the Tibet Convention, and whether an
e ar ly settlement of the matter was probable.
Sir E. Satow replied that he was inclined to
think that the Chinese Government never
issued the instructions to Mr. Tang, which
they had expresse 1 themselves willing to
send in the event of the Government of India
aoreeino* to the omission of Article I of the
draft Agreement. He added that the foreign
Board informed him demi-officially, on the with
August, that Tang Tachen had reported Lord
Curzon’s resignation, and requested him to to -
o-raph to His Majesty’s Government, asking
for orders to be reiterated to Lord Mmto, to
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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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