Author
Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (correspondent) | Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom (correspondent)
Publication Date
0000/0000
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Colonial policy | more | less
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
189
Physical Dimensions
1 volume (189 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000066_ar | 81055/vdc_100000001491.0x000066_en | Mss Eur F111/534
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100000001491.0x000066_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
0000/0000
Notes
Printed at the GC [Government Central] Press, Simla.The volume is divided into three parts: Part I (folios 5-47) containing an introduction; Part II (folios 48-125) containing a detailed account; and Part III (folios 126-188) containing despatches and correspondence connected with Part I Chapter IV ('The Persian Gulf', folios 28-47).Part I gives an overview of policy and events in the Persian Gulf region during Curzon's period as Viceroy [1899-1905], with sections on British policy in Persia; the maintenance and extension of British interests; Seistan [Sīstān]; and the Persian Gulf. Part II contains more detailed accounts of selected topics, including sections on British policy in Persia, customs and finance, quarantine, administration, communications, and British and Russian activity in Seistan. The despatches and correspondence in Part III include correspondence from the Government of India in the Foreign Department, the Secretary of State for India, and the Viceroy; addresses and speeches by Curzon; and notes of interviews between Curzon and local rulers.Mss Eur F111/531-534 consist of four identical printed and bound volumes. However, the four volumes each show a small number of different manuscript annotations and corrections.This volume contains manuscript additions on folios 8, 11-12, 14, 42 (a sixteen word note concerning the use by the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait] of a distinctive colour [flag] for Kuwait shipping), and 62-66. | 1 volume (189 folios) | The volume contains a list of Parts I-III on folio 4; a table of contents of Part I on folio 6; a table of contents of Part II on folio 49; and a table of contents of Part III on folios 127-129, which gives a reference to the paragraph of Part I Chapter IV that the despatch or correspondence is intended to illustrate. | Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 191; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence. | more | less
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British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers