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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [106v] (217/228)
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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Captain O’Connor, in con junction with the
Tibetan Secretaries, the Tibetans had asked
that, as the jongs were official residences of
district officials, the latter might be allowed to
reside in them. Sir T. Younghusband author
ised Captain O’Connor to state that he had
no objection to district officials living in the
jongs, if they wished to do so, after we had
destroyed the fortified portions. Sir F.
Younghusband pointed out that, although
the particular word “jong” was not used in
translating clause 8 of the Treaty, the word
which was used included fortifications of all
kinds. He added that in any case the point
was settled by the annexure to the Convention
which declares the English text to be binding.
He stated that he certainly gave no counten
ance or authority for rebuilding of fortifications
on the site of Gyantse Jong.
His Majesty’s Secretary of State inti
mated that the position briefly appeared to be
that, although exception could not be taken
to erection of official residences proper, the
British Government had the right to object to
such residences being built so as to constitute
fortifications, and requested that any warning
as to fortifications, which it might seem neces
sary to pronounce in view of Captain
O’Connor’s reports as to works being under
taken at Gyantse Jong, might be worded with
reference to the distinction between the two
classes of buildings.
The letter to be transmitted to the Lhasa
Government has been revised in accordance
with the instructions of His Majesty’s Govern
ment, and Captain O’Connor has been requested
to send a translation of it to Lieutenant F. M.
Bailey, who is acting as Trade Agent at
Gyantse during Captain O’Connor’s absence
with the Tashi Lama.
4. On the 4th December, the Political
Officer in Sikkim forwarded three letters
which he had received from the Ti Rimpoche
addressed, respectively, to His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, His Excellency the
Viceroy, and Lord Curzon. The first conveyed
a message of welcome and good wishes to His
Royal Highness on his visit to India, and
asked him to lay before His Majesty the
King-Emperor the representations of the
Tibetan Government on the subject of their
relations with the Government of India. The
second was a letter of congratulation to His
Excellency Lord Minto on his assuming charge
of the Viceroyalty of India. The third was a
letter of farewell to Lord Curzon on his
departure from India. In this letter the Ti
Rimpoche reiterated the complaints, which the
Tibetan Government have already preferred,
regarding our action in the Chumbi valley (see
paragraph 12 of Memorandum for September
1005). His Royal Highness the Prince of
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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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