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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [102v] (209/228)
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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accept the invitation than to offend a friendly
nation by a refusal, and that, as His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales was expected
to arrive very shortly in India, he preferred an
early start.
In a diary received from Captain
O’Connor on 14th November he reports the
Lama as having previously said that, while he
had fully made up his mind to visit India*
provided no untoward obstacle prevented him*
he would hare to be ver) careful how he
managed all the preliminaries so as to avoid
exciting the susceptibilities and suspicions of
the various parties in Tibet.
Captain O’Connor was instructed to
encourage the Tashi Lama to give to
Lhasa whatever intimation of his intention
to visit India might be customary, and on
the 3rd November he telegraphed that the
Lama had written to Lhasa reporting his
intentions both to the Amhan and to the
Lhasa Government. He gave it as his opinion
that the Tashi Lama would prohahly inform
the Amhan and the Lhasa Government that
strong pressure had heen brought to hear upon
him to induce him to accept the invitation.
By taking this line the Lama would commit
himself as little as possible. Nothing, however*
had been said or written by Captain O’Connor
which would support any such statement.
Captain O’Connor also reported that
the Chinese at Shigatse were doing their best
to prevent the visit.
On the 6th November, the Chines©
Popon called on Captain O’Connor and said
that the Tashi Lama had expressed a wish
that one of the two Chinese officials at Shigatse
should accompany him to India. He asked
whether Captain O’Connor would object to
this. Captain O’Connor replied that the
Chinese officer was* of course, free to accom
pany the Lama to any part of Tibet he saw
fit, and that if he desired to proceed to India
no obstacles would he placed in his way. But
he warned him that no preparations had been
made for him on the road, and that he might
experience considerable discomfort. He added
that the Lama Trould he the guest of the
Government of India, and would not require
the assistance or protection of the Chinese
officers.
The Tashi Lama’s Minister sent word to
Captain O’Connor on the 7th November to say
that he had received a letter from the Amban
in which the Amhan said that the Lama was
on no account to proceed to India -without the
sanction of the Chinese Emperor and threaten
ing all sorts of pains and penalties if he did so.
When Captain O’Connor saw the Lama
later in the day, he mentioned the letter
from the Amhan, and said that he hoped no
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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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