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1. 'British Policy in Persia. Minute by Sir D. M. Stewart'
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- Abstract: The file consists of the Viceroy's Minute by Donald Martin Stewart, member of the Viceroy's Council, pertaining to a letter from the Government of India dated 21 September 1899 (IOR/L/PS/7/116: 927/99) and a Minute by Alfred Comyn Lyall dated 3 November 1899 (IOR/L/PS/18/C99) regarding British policy in Persia.It comments on relations with Russia regarding the integrity of Persia, and the extension of the railway system.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences and terminates at f 110, as it is part of a larger physical volume; this number is written in pencil, and is located in the top right corner of the recto side of the folio.
2. 'PERSIAN LOAN. TELEGRAMS, 20TH JANUARY - 1ST APRIL.'
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- Abstract: This file reproduces telegrams written between the Secretary of State for India, the Viceroy of India, the First Minister at Teheran (Sir Arthur Hardinge), and the Foreign Secretary (Marquess of Lansdowne), in which the authors assess the merits and logistics of a proposed loan to the Persian Government.The chief considerations concern the British and Indian Governments' desire to neutralize the Russian monopoly on loans to Persia, and to prevent Russia from gaining influence in southern Persia. Proposals include using revenues from customs houses in southern Persia as security against the loan, eliciting political agreement not to allow foreign road or railway construction projects in southern Persia, and a plan for the Indian Government to purchase a large stake in the Imperial Bank of Persia in order to facilitate similar loans in the future.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 150, and terminates at f 160, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
3. 'Persia - policy to be pursued towards. Minute by the Viceroy of 29 December 1871 with a note'
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- Abstract: The file consists of a memorandum and additional note by Lord Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, concerning British policy in Persia.It expresses Lord Mayo's opinion on Anglo-Indian foreign policy such as building relations of friendship, the maintenance of peace, and opposing the interference of any European power in Persia's affairs. Discussed are: boundary disputes, relations with Russia, and the suggested employment of Indo-British officers in the Persian service.The note describes the military force of Persia, and focuses on instances where British officers attached to the Persian army were forced to withdraw, which is used to demonstrate the need for a new system of external policy or internal military administration. It also includes extracts from Sir William Kaye's Lives of Indian Officers: Illustrative of the History of the Civil and Military Service of India. Vol. 2(London: A. Strahan and Co., 1867), on Major D'Arcy Todd who wrote on the treatment of British officers and the state of army affairs generally in Persia 1833-38.The file has been annotated with markings and comments on key words and points.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 137, and terminates at f 143, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.
4. 'Minute by His Excellency the Viceroy on Russian Ambitions in Eastern Persia'
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- Abstract: The file consists of a Minute by George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council regarding Russian ambitions in Eastern Persia. These include: the absorption of Persia, the connection of Russian territories by railway with the Indian Ocean, and the acquisition of a fortified naval base in the Persian Gulf.Curzon examines how far Russian ambitions would negatively affect British interests, and how far they should either be acquiesced or opposed.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 132, and terminates at f 134, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.
5. 'File C/3 Papers regarding reception of H. E. the Viceroy of India and Kharitas — From the Viceroy to the Shaikhs'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence — in Arabic and English — between Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin ‘Isa al Khalifah [‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] and Percy Gordon Loch, the Political Agent, Bahrain. The correspondence is concerned with inviting the Political Agent to a reception in honour of the Viceroy of India; the dates of this correspondence range from May to November 1934.The file also contains an official document referred to as a Kharita (see folio 11) dated 20 March 1947 from Archibald Percival Wavell, announcing the end of his term as Viceroy of India, along with an Arabic translation of the Kharita. The translation (see folio 12) was prepared in order that it may be transmitted to the Ruler of Bahrain, Sulman bin Hamad Al Khalifah [Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah], and his reply — in both Arabic and English — dated 1 May 1947 can be found on folio 14.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 17; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-9; these numbers are written in blue crayon, and are not circled.
6. 'Copy of a Minute by the Governor General dated 7th July 1819 - relative to the execution of the Killedar of Talneir'
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- Abstract: The item consists of a minute, dated 7 July 1819, by Governor-General of India, Warren Hastings. The minute discusses the conduct of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Commander-in-Chief at Fort St George, Madras [Chennai], who authorised the execution of the Killedar [Killidar] of Talneir [Thalner] following the British capture of the fort.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
7. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 123 of 1846, dated 15 October 1846. The enclosures are numbered 3-20.Enclosure Nos. 3-16 and 18 are dated 21 September to 10 October 1846, and consist of correspondence, and minutes and resolutions of the Government of Bombay, relating to affairs at Aden and within its vicinity, mostly in relation to a recent attempted attack on Aden by a body of ‘Arabs’ under ‘the fanatic’ Syed Ismael [Sayyid Ismā‘īl, also spelled Sayud Ismail in this item].The enclosures cover matters including:The Political Agent at Aden, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, reporting on when the roads into Aden have been ‘unmolested’ and supplies have entered Aden market, and when this has been prevented, such as: on 19 September 1846, when he states a party of the Foutheli [al-Faḍlī] tribe, under the direction of their ‘Chief’, Ahmed [Sulṭān Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh al-Faḍlī], and Sayud Ismail, attacked and plundered the kafila [caravan] from Lahidge [Lahij or Lahej] and the adjacent villages, with the roads being closed from 19 to 24 September, and on 28 September when there was another attack on a kafila by fifteen mounted men of the Foutheli tribeHaines reporting that Sayud Ismail still remains a guest of the Foutheli Chief; Haines’s prediction that the ‘almost daily murders’ on the roads will cause ‘ill feeling and a blood feud between tribes’; and his stated doubts that Sayud Ismail will receive reinforcements from northwardsAn increase in scurvy among the soldiers of the 47th Madras [Chennai] Native Infantry at Aden, as well as among the labourers and convicts, reported by HainesThe Government of Bombay instructing Haines to report on whether he can suggest any means by which the Foutheli Chief could ‘without any inordinate risk, be made to feel the power of the British Government’ (folio 340r), as in their view it is mainly due to his influence that that the peace of Aden continues to be disturbedThe Adjutant General of the Army, Lieutenant-Colonel C Hagart, forwarding a letter from the officer commanding the troops at Aden, Lieutenant-Colonel H R Milner, reporting: that on 28 September a force of ‘Arabs’ numbering from 200 to 250 were in front of the Turkish Wall advancing, it was assumed, for the purpose of attacking Aden, however when they came within 400 yards of the Right Field Work the guns of the Fort opened fire, resulting in several of the Arabs being killed and wounded; that he was subsequently informed by the Political Agent at Aden that the force had no intention of attacking Aden; Milner’s opinion that the force which had originally gathered for attacking Aden has almost entirely disappeared from the neighbourhood and there is no fear of Aden being attacked; and that supplies from the interior continue to come into Aden very irregularly and high prices are demanded for themThe Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Sir Robert Oliver, stating in response to the Government of Bombay’s enquiry about whether a small iron steam vessel could be appropriated for service at Aden, that the only vessel available for this purpose is the Medusa, but that vessel is undergoing serious repairs and he does not expect it to be ready for two months or longer, and that there would also be great difficulty in this vessel returning from Aden, due to its limited capacity for storing coal, its ‘imperfect’ sailing qualities, and it being unsafe for the weather conditions of South West MonsoonThe Government of India forwarding to the Government of Bombay a copy of a memorandum by the Governor-General, Viscount Hardinge, containing his remarks and instructions regarding the state of affairs at Aden and within its vicinityThe Government of Bombay sending the Political Agent at Aden extracts of the Governor-General’s memorandum containing remarks on the caution which should be observed whenever the state of affairs of Aden may induce the Government of Bombay to authorise an advance into the interior in order to dislodge an ‘enemy’ who may have cut off supplies to Aden, and requesting him to state whether he has adopted any measures to make sure that every head of a family in the town has a store of provisions, and if not, to state what measures he proposes to ensure thisThe Government of Bombay informing the Government of India, in response to the Governor-General’s memorandum, that: as the force which gathered before Aden under Syud Ismail had dispersed, and the relief of the troops at Aden has already been ordered as a matter of routine, the Governor-in-Council has resolved not to act on the portions of the Governor-General’s memorandum which sanction measures contingent on different circumstances, but that the Government of Bombay may possibly be induced to act on the discretionary authority granted by the Governor-General, dependent on the information received in the next mail from Aden; and that the Government of Bombay has requested full information from the Home authorities on arrangements made at Gibraltar which may be applicable to the situation at AdenThe Government of Bombay resolving that instructions should be issued for carrying into effect the Governor-General’s orders for the periodical issue of salted meat to the European troops at Aden.The main correspondents are the following: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet; the Political Agent at Aden; the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Frederick Currie; the Adjutant General of the Army; the officer commanding the troops at Aden; and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy.Enclosure No. 17, stated in the abstract to contents to be a supplement to the Bombay Government Gazetteof 6 October 1846, publishing for general information extracts of a letter from the officer commanding the troops at Aden, is not included in this item.Enclosure Nos. 19 and 20, listed in the abstract of contents respectively as copies of the Bombay Timessummary of intelligence and the Bombay Overland Courierof 15 October 1846, are recorded as missing in a note dated 29 October 1906.Physical description: 1 item (28 folios)
8. Enclosures in letter No. 8 from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
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- Abstract: Enclosures in Letter No. 8 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809, consisting of:A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to Sir Harford Jones, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 14 February 1809. The letter concerns Malcolm’s decision to delay his expedition to the Persian Gulf until further instructions are received from the Governor-General of Bengal.A copy of a letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Malcolm, sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 17 January 1809, enclosed in the above letter. Minto reports French setbacks in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the effect of this on British strategic interest in Persia, orders the suspension of Malcolm’s planned expedition to the Gulf and occupation of the island of Karrack [Khārg], and repeats that Jones should withdraw from Persia.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
9. Copy of a Letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran]. The letter discusses Brigadier-General John Malcolm's mission as the Supreme Government of India's Envoy to Persia in relation to Jones's mission, and the reasons behind Malcolm's mission.The letter was enclosed in Jones's letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 24 June 1808, and was received on 13 December 1808.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
10. Copy of a Letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], expressing his approval at the course of action which Jones proposed to take in relation to his own mission to Persia and the mission of John Malcolm as the Supreme Government of India's Envoy to Persia.The letter was enclosed in Jones's letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 10 July 1808, and was received on 13 December 1808.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)