File 351/1904 'Persian Gulf:- Erection of British flagstaffs at Musandam’

Name: File 351/1904 'Persian Gulf:- Erection of British flagstaffs at Musandam’
Author: Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (correspondent) | Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (correspondent) | British Consul, Bandar Abbas (correspondent) | Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom (correspondent) | Foreign Office (correspondent) | Admiralty (correspondent) | Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (correspondent) | Committee of Imperial Defence (correspondent)

İsim	File 351/1904 'Persian Gulf:- Erection of British flagstaffs at Musandam’
Yazar	Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (correspondent) \| Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (correspondent) \| British Consul, Bandar Abbas (correspondent) \| Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom (correspondent) \| Foreign Office (correspondent) \| Admiralty (correspondent) \| Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (correspondent) \| Committee of Imperial Defence (correspondent)
Basım Tarihi:	1902/1908
Basım Yeri	- Qatar National Library
Konu	Imperialism \| Territorial rights \| Hydrographic surveying \| Colonial flags \| more \| less
Tür	Kitap
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	221
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 volume (221 folios)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	81055/vdc_100000000365.0x0003dc_ar \| 81055/vdc_100000000365.0x0003dc_en \| IOR/L/PS/10/23
Kayıt Numarası	81055%2Fvdc_100000000365.0x0003dc_dlme
Lokasyon	British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Tarih	1902/1908
Notlar	The volume comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the erection (and subsequent abandonment) of flagstaffs at the head of the Persian Gulf, on the Maklab [Maqlab] Isthmus at Musandam (Musandam spelt with numerous variations throughout the file), Telegraph Island [Jazīrat al Maqlab], and Sheep Island [Jazīrat Umm al Ghanam].The correspondence includes:a report of the Viceroy of India’s tour of the Persian Gulf in 1903, dated 21 January 1904 and signed by several individuals (including George Nathaniel Curzon and Horatio Herbert Kitchener) containing proposals for the erection of naval bases, coaling stations, and telegraph facilities in the Gulf (ff 213-215);proposals and arrangements for the erection of flagstaffs by HMS Sphinxin November 1904, made by Major William George Grey, Political Agent at Muscat, Lieutenant William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Assistant Resident and Acting British Consul at Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Captain Thomas Webster Kemp, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf and Commander of HMS Sphinx, including reports submitted by Shakespear and Kemp describing the erection of the flagstaffs, including accounts of the discussions held with the inhabitants of the areas around which the flagstaffs were erected, and a map indicating the location of the flagstaffs (ff 112-114, 119-121);questions of whether to fly the Union Jack or Blue Ensign on the flagstaffs;Government concerns that the flagstaffs were situated in territory claimed by the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat];Admiralty objection to the flagstaffs, on the grounds that it would be the Navy’s responsibility to protect them;the decision of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) to maintain the flagstaff at Telegraph Island, but abandon the flagstaffs at the Maklab Isthmus and Sheep Island;further reconsideration of the proposal to fly a British flag on Telegraph Island, in the wake of investigations by John Gordon Lorimer which assert the Sultan of Muscat’s sovereignty over Musandam;deferral of the decision on the flagstaff at Telegraph Island until the outcome of the Hague Tribunal on vessels at Muscat flying the French flag; the removal, in October 1905, of the flagstaffs on the Maklab Isthmus and Sheep Island;final instruction from the Foreign Office to the Government of India, in May 1908, that the remaining flagstaff on Telegraph Island should be no longer maintained.The file also includes a report of the survey of Khor Kawi [Khawr al Quway‘] by HMS Sphinx, dated 31 December 1903, with a map showing water depths in Khor Kawi (ff 190-192), and a letter from the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station, Vice Admiral George L Atkinson-Willes, to the Government of India, dated 5 September 1905, recommending that Khor Kawi be used as a new British naval base, rather than Elphinstone Inlet or Telegraph Island (ff 34-35).The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume (f 3). \| 1 volume (221 folios) \| The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. \| Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 225; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. \| more \| less
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File 351/1904 'Persian Gulf:- Erection of British flagstaffs at Musandam’

Yazar Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (correspondent) | Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (correspondent) | British Consul, Bandar Abbas (correspondent) | Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom (correspondent) | Foreign Office (correspondent) | Admiralty (correspondent) | Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (correspondent) | Committee of Imperial Defence (correspondent)

Basım Tarihi 1902/1908

Basım Yeri - Qatar National Library

Tür Kitap

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 221

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 volume (221 folios)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 81055/vdc_100000000365.0x0003dc_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000365.0x0003dc_en | IOR/L/PS/10/23

Kayıt Numarası 81055%2Fvdc_100000000365.0x0003dc_dlme

Lokasyon British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers

Tarih 1902/1908

Notlar The volume comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the erection (and subsequent abandonment) of flagstaffs at the head of the Persian Gulf, on the Maklab [Maqlab] Isthmus at Musandam (Musandam spelt with numerous variations throughout the file), Telegraph Island [Jazīrat al Maqlab], and Sheep Island [Jazīrat Umm al Ghanam].The correspondence includes:a report of the Viceroy of India’s tour of the Persian Gulf in 1903, dated 21 January 1904 and signed by several individuals (including George Nathaniel Curzon and Horatio Herbert Kitchener) containing proposals for the erection of naval bases, coaling stations, and telegraph facilities in the Gulf (ff 213-215);proposals and arrangements for the erection of flagstaffs by HMS Sphinxin November 1904, made by Major William George Grey, Political Agent at Muscat, Lieutenant William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Assistant Resident and Acting British Consul at Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Captain Thomas Webster Kemp, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf and Commander of HMS Sphinx, including reports submitted by Shakespear and Kemp describing the erection of the flagstaffs, including accounts of the discussions held with the inhabitants of the areas around which the flagstaffs were erected, and a map indicating the location of the flagstaffs (ff 112-114, 119-121);questions of whether to fly the Union Jack or Blue Ensign on the flagstaffs;Government concerns that the flagstaffs were situated in territory claimed by the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat];Admiralty objection to the flagstaffs, on the grounds that it would be the Navy’s responsibility to protect them;the decision of the Committee of Imperial Defence (CID) to maintain the flagstaff at Telegraph Island, but abandon the flagstaffs at the Maklab Isthmus and Sheep Island;further reconsideration of the proposal to fly a British flag on Telegraph Island, in the wake of investigations by John Gordon Lorimer which assert the Sultan of Muscat’s sovereignty over Musandam;deferral of the decision on the flagstaff at Telegraph Island until the outcome of the Hague Tribunal on vessels at Muscat flying the French flag; the removal, in October 1905, of the flagstaffs on the Maklab Isthmus and Sheep Island;final instruction from the Foreign Office to the Government of India, in May 1908, that the remaining flagstaff on Telegraph Island should be no longer maintained.The file also includes a report of the survey of Khor Kawi [Khawr al Quway‘] by HMS Sphinx, dated 31 December 1903, with a map showing water depths in Khor Kawi (ff 190-192), and a letter from the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station, Vice Admiral George L Atkinson-Willes, to the Government of India, dated 5 September 1905, recommending that Khor Kawi be used as a new British naval base, rather than Elphinstone Inlet or Telegraph Island (ff 34-35).The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume (f 3). | 1 volume (221 folios) | The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. | Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 225; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. | more | less

Parçası Olduğu British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers