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13. 'South Persia'. Photographer: Lt. A. A. Crookshank (Curzon Collection)
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:The album contains landscape and architectural views of South Persia and the Persian Gulf coastline. The photos are presented initially by location (Muscat, Jask, Bandar Abbás, Niríz, Yezd, Isfahan to Shiráz Road, Pasargadae, Naksh-i-Rustam, Naksh-i-Rajab, Persepolis, Shiráz, Feragha, Chinár Rahdár, Shápur, Shiráz-Bushire Road, Bushire), thereafter by subject (Persian Flora, Persian Dwellings, Persian Roads, Persian Scenery).Elements:1 [Muscat] Town and Bay. 31st Oct 19002 [Muscat] The Town looking North. 31 Oct 19003 [Muscat] British Consulate. 31 Oct 19004 [Muscat] Old Portuguese Fort (1550). 31 Oct 19005 [Muscat] Sultan's Palace. 31 Oct 19006 [Muscat] Sidap. Village. 31 Oct 19007 [Jask] Telegraph Buildings. 1 Nov 19008 [Jask] Fort and Beach. 1 Nov 19009 [Bandar Abbás] Sea front looking West. 11 Nov 190010 [Bandar Abbás] The Town looking West. 11 Nov 190011 [Bandar Abbás] Beach and island of Hormuz. 11 Nov 190012 [Bandar Abbás] British Consulate. 11 Nov 190013 [Niríz] Panorama of Town looking South. 30 April 190114 [Niríz] Town looking North. 30 April 190115 [Yezd] The City looking East from the Masjid-i-Juma. 10 July 190116 [Yezd] The City looking South from the Masjid-i-Juma. 10 July 190117 [Yezd] The City from the Masjid-i-Juma looking West. 10 July 190118 [Yezd] The City looking West from the Mínár-i-Maidán. 13 July 190119 [Yezd] The City looking North from the Minár-i-Maidán. 13 July 190120 [Yezd] The City looking South from the Minár-i-Maidán. 13 July 190121 [Yezd] The Masjid-i-Juma. 9 July 190122 [Yezd] The Masjid-i-Juma. 9 July 190123 [Yezd] Main Gate of Fort. 13 July 190124 [Yezd] The Maidán-i-Sháh. 13 July 190125 [Yezd] Gate of Old Fort. 13 July 190126 [Yezd] Mosque of Mir Chakhmakh. 13 July 190127 Caravanserai at Khána-i-Kirgam. 27 Oct 190128 Bridge at Khána-i-Kirgam. 27 Oct 190129 [Pasargadae] The Tomb of Cyrus. 30 Oct 190130 [Abarkuh] Memorial to Darius at Arbela 331 B.C. 10 Oct 190131 [Pasargadae] Ruins of Cyrus’ City. 29 Oct 190132 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Bas-relief Ormuzd and Ardeshir 5 Nov 190133 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Rock tombs of the Kings. 5 Nov 190134 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Building near Tombs of the Kings. 5 Nov 190135 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Fire Altars. 5 Nov 190136 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Bas relief. Equestrian Combat. 5 Nov 190137 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Bas relief. Equestrian Combat. 5 Nov 190138 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Shapur and Valerian at Edessa A.D. 260. 5 Nov 190139 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Varahran and his Queen A.D. 500 5 Nov 190140 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Varahran II and his Court. 5 Nov 190141 [Naksh-i-Rajab] Shapur I and his Bodyguard. 5 Nov 190142 [Naksh-i-Rustam] Tombs of the Kings. The East Tomb. 5 Nov 190143 [Persepolis] Palace of Darius. 6 Nov 190144 [Persepolis] Palace of Darius. Interior. 6 Nov 190145 [Persepolis] Panorama of the Platform looking South and West. 6 Nov 190146 [Persepolis] Grand Entrance. Porch of Xerxes. 6 Nov 190147 [Persepolis] Pillars in Hall of Xerxes. 6 Nov 190148 [Persepolis] King fighting Dragon. Hall of 100 Columns. 6 Nov 190149 [Persepolis] The North Tomb Artaxerxes II 6 Nov 1901.50 [Persepolis] King on Throne and Procession Doorway. Hall of 100 Columns. 6 Nov 190151 [Persepolis] The King held up on Throne. Doorway in Hall of 100 Columns 6 Nov 190152 [Persepolis] King with Attendant. Palace of Xerxes 6 Nov 190153 [Persepolis] The King. Palace of Artaxerxes III. 6 Nov 190154 [Persepolis] Hall of Hundred Columns etc. 6 Nov 190155 [Persepolis] The great Staircase and Platform. 6 Nov 190156 [Shiráz] Tomb of Sultán Mir Shah. 15 Dec 190157 [Shiráz] Cemetery of Great Men. 15 Dec 190158 [Shiráz] Bas relief. Farhád and Shirín in the Bágh-i-Nao 15 Dec 190159 [Feragha] Ancient figure of animal in stone. 14 Oct 190160 [Shiráz] Approach to City from Tang-i-Korán. 18 Dec 190161 [Shiráz] The City looking West. 15 Dec 190162 [Shiráz] The City looking East. 15 Dec 190163 [Shiráz] The City looking North. 15 Dec 190164 [Shiráz] The Bágh-i-Takht. 16 Dec 1902 [sic for 1901]65 [Shiráz] Cemetery of Haft Tan. 18 Dec 190166 [Shiráz] Cemetery of Chel Tan. 18 Dec 190167 [Chinár Rahdár] The Caravanserai and Bridge. 23 Dec 190168 [Shápur] Ruins of King Shápur’s City. 16 Jan 190269 The River near Shapur. 16 Jan 190270 [Shápur] Bas-relief. Omuzd and Narses. 15 Jan 190271 [Shápur] Bas-relief. The Captives before Shapur. 15 Jan 190272 [Shápur] The Investiture of Cyriadis by Shapur. 15 Jan 190273 [Shápur] Valerian, Cyriadis and King Shapur. 15 Jan 190274 [Shápur] Valerian suppliant before King Shapur. 16 Jan 190275 [Shápur] Statue of King Shapur in cave. 16 Jan 190276 [Shápur] Bas-relief. Triumph of Chosroes Naushirwán 16 Jan 190277 Caravanserai at Mian Kotal. 9 Jan 190278 Lake near Kazerun from Kotal-i-Dukhtar. 8 Jan 190279 Bridge near Daliki from upstream. 21 Jan 190280 Bridge near Daliki looking upstream. 21 Jan 190281 Telegraph Quarters. Kunár-i-Takhta. 20 Jan 190282 The landing place at Shif. 29 Jan 190283 [Bushire] The town looking South from Gray Paul's office. 23 Feb 190284 [Bushire] The town looking East from British Residency. 23 Feb 190285 [Bushire] Telegraph Buildings at Reshire. 24 Feb 190286 [Bushire] Panorama of British Residency and Sea front. 23 Feb 190287 The Assafoetida plant. East of Niríz. 21 April 190188 Walnut trees. North of Niríz. 6 May 190189 Almond grafted onto wild tree. N of Furg 26 March 190190 Oak trees in Kuh Marra. S of Shiráz. 27 Dec 190191 The “Archan” Tree in pink blossom. N of Furg. 25 March 190192 Oak trees near Kazerun. 14 Jan 190293 Mastich and wild pistachio trees. S of Shiráz 31 Dec 190194 Oak Trees in Kuh Marra. South of Shiráz. 27 Dec 190195 Cypress Tree in mountains. East of Niríz. 27 April 190196 Tents of matting of Kermán tribes in Rudbár. 30 Nov 190097 Tents of black goats hair. Kermán tribes in Rudbár. 2 Dec 190098 Cave dwellers. E of Furg. 7 Feb 190199 A Village East of Yezd. 2 July 1901100 The Chieftain’s Cave. Cavedwellers. E of Furg. 2 Feb 1901101 The Chieftain’s Tent. Nomad tribes near Bandar Abbás. 21 Feb 1901102 A country house and garden. North of Niríz. 2 May 1901103 Bágh-i-Nawwáb. A Garden in the suburbs of Yezd. 4 Sept 1901104 Tank for rainwater. N of Bandar Abbás 21 Feb 1901105 The Prince’s Palace and Govt. House at Yezd. 13 July 1901106 Bágh-i-Eram. A Garden in the suburbs of Shiráz 13 Dec 1901107 The Tang-i-Zágh Defile N of Bandar Abbás. 11 March 1901108 A pass West of Fasa. 28 Nov 1901.109 Shiráz-Bushire. The “Kotal-i-Dukhtar” 8 Jan 1902110 Shiráz-Bushire. The “Kotal-i-Kumárij” 20 Jan 1902111 Shiráz-Bushire. The “Kotal-i-Mahallu” 21 Jan 1902112 Shiráz-Bushire. The “Pul-i-Gina” Viaduct near Kazerun. 8 Jan 1902113 The Bushire-Lingah Road near Riz. 28 March 1902114 The Well with three pulleys for irrigating crops near Lingah. 14 April 1902.115 The West end of Salt Lake near Niríz looking North. 20 Nov 1901116 The West End of Salt Lake near Niríz looking N.W. from hills above. 21 Nov 1901117 The Salt Desert of Sirján in Kermán. 15 April 1902118 The Lake near Kázerún looking North 4 Jan 1902Inscriptions:Inner cover, in pencil: ‘Copy negs done Stannard 25-9-79’Title page, in ink: 'Presented to / H.E. Lord Curzon of Kedleston etc etc / Viceroy of India / by / Lieut. Arthur A. Crookshank / Royal Engineers / June 1903'Spine, gold emboss: ‘Photos’ ‘South Persia’Throughout the album captions and location or subject categories are hand-lettered in black ink.Physical description: Dimensions:Album: 250 x 305 x 40 mm [portrait]Format:Maroon and red three quarter-leather album containing one hundred and eighteen prints hand-cut and pasted onto card pages.Materials:Card, black ink, gelatin silver prints.Condition:While the binding is still sturdy for the most part – aside from extensive scuffing and losses at all edges, particularly upper spine – the individual card pages are extensively foxed and discoloured throughout. The lower right corner of page 13–14 has broken off entirely.Many of the individual images are faded and some show signs of surface losses.Foliation:The images have been numbered 1–118 alongside each image in pencil and paginated 1–47 in pencil in the upper right corner. Some additional image sequencing in pencil in the first twenty nine pages of the album (e.g. a–d on each page) has been crossed out.Process:Gelatin silver printsBinding:The album is bound in maroon three-quarter-leather format, which is heavily scuffed along the spine, particularly at the upper spine.This binding likely dates to its presentation to Lord Curzon and indicates the title of the album with gilt stamp ‘ Photos’ ‘South Persia’. The binding also features linen joints and hand-stitching.
14. ‘Road map, present operation. Province of Hasa, Saudi Arabia. B-1132’
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- Abstract: Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by contours.Map of al-Hasa region in eastern Saudi Arabia, compiled by O.C. Olson for the California Arabian Standard Oil Company, Geological Division.Shows primary and secondary roads, camel routes and intermittent streams, with mountain ranges, water wells, native wells marked, area east of Ras El Khafqi [Khafji] incidated ‘neutral zone’.Physical description: Dimensions:611 x 252 mm, on sheet 795 x 675 mm
15. 'ROAD MAP PRESENT OPERATIONS PROVINCE OF HASA SAUDI ARABIA'
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- Abstract: The map shows a central northern portion of the Arabian Peninsula, indicating roads and camel routes, geographical regions, hydrology, vegetation, settlements and wells, with some indication of relief.An accompanying letter indicates that the map is a reproduction made by the Surveyor General in India. The map bears the printing statement, 'California Arabian Standard Oil Co. Producing Department Geological Division', and is dated 'Feb.24, 1940'.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 615 x 530mm, on sheet 790 x 680mm
16. 'ROAD MAP Present Operations PROVINCE OF HASA, SAUDI ARABIA.'
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- Abstract: The map shows a central northern portion of the Arabian Peninsula, indicating roads and camel routes, geographical regions, hydrology, vegetation, settlements and wells, with some indication of relief.The map bears the printing statement, 'Survey Section[, General Staff, India] No. 1228 Nov. 1940.'Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 633 x 537mm, on sheet 708 x 610mm
17. ‘Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Precis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs.’
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- Abstract: Part 1 of a Persian Gulf gazetteer of historical and political materials, a précis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf, and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs. The précis was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha, whose preface (under which his surname is erroneously spelt Saldana) is dated 25 November 1904, and published by the Government of India Foreign Deptartment, Simla, India.The preface is an historical outline of the struggle for political dominance in the Persian Gulf, including Portuguese, British, Wahabi [Wahhābī] and Turkish expansion. The chapters (titles shown in italics) deal with the subject in an roughly chronological fashion:1. Early history of Hasa and Katif, including: references to the area in Arabic writing; the first known Arab colonists; and early references to the area in British (East India Company) records;2. Conquest of Hasa by the Wahabis and Turkish expeditions into Nejd[Najd] and Hasa, and their results 1800-1865, including: conquest of the area by the Wahabis; Turkish expeditions to the area, 1811-19 and 1836-40; Amir Feysal’s [Fayṣal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd] nominal dependence on Turkey, 1855; troubles in Katif, 1859-62; Turkish protest against British proceedings at Damaum [Dammām], 1862; the British war against Amir Feysal, 1865-66; obsolete title of award of Arabia by an Abbasid caliph to the Ottoman Porte; Ottoman ambitions in Arabia (Holy Ottoman Empire);3. Turkish expedition to Nejd and Hasa, 1871-72, including: origins of the expedition; intelligence from the Political Resident, Colonel Lewis Pelly; British policy in the Persian Gulf, and effects of the Turkish expedition on that policy; Turkish assurances to Britain, communicated to Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) by Pelly; Turkish promise of non-interference with the rulers of the Trucial coast; narrative of the events leading up to and including the landing of the expeditionary force in Nejd; Turkish designs on Katar [Qatar], and their hoisting of the Turkish flag at Budaa [Al-Bidda]; Turkish naval activity in the Gulf, and Britain’s naval response; murder of a suspected Turkish messenger at Bahrain; reasons for the non-interference of the British Government in operations on land; further narrative of the expedition and affairs in Nejd; evidence of Turkish designs on Bahrain; Turkish assurances; relations between Turkey and Abuthabi [Abu Dhabi]; close of the Turkish expedition;4. Internal affairs of Hasa and Katif, 1872-1904, including: administration and internal organisation; and a list of governors at Hasa, including events of significance occurring during their rule;5. Survey of the Katif coast, 1873-74, including: British intentions and permission gained from the Ottoman Porte; complaints of British survey officers landing on the Nejd coast; written permission to land to undertake surveying.6. Increase of Turkish military and naval forces in the Persian Gulf, and Turkish policy, including: a memorandum by Captain T Doughty on the state of affairs in the Persian Gulf;7. (1)Trade Relations of Hindu and other traders of Bahrain with Katif, and their disabilities, and (2) Proposal appointment of a consular officer at Katif;8. Piracies, including: piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters, 1878; ; revolt in Hasa and piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters, 1878-81; Turkish responsibilities and jurisdiction for the purpose of suppressing piracies in Katif waters, 1878-81; piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters in 1883; piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters in 1886; piracies in 1887-88; piracies in 1891-92; piracies in 1899-1900; piracies in 1902 and the proposal of the Chief of Bahrain to maintain an armed dhow for the pursuit of pirates, 1902-03;9. Murder of Sheikh Selman-bin-Diaij-el-Khalifa[Shaikh Salman bin Diaj Āl Khalīfah] , a cousin of the Chief of Bahrain and his party about 40 miles south of Katif. Question of satisfaction and compensation for it;10. Turkish designs on Oman and the rest of the East Arabian Littoral, 1888-1899;11. Summary of British declarations against Turkish encroachments in the Persian Gulf and of the Porte’s assurances, 1871-1904.The cover of volume, on which the title is printed, also has a number of different pencil and pen annotations, marking former external references or numbering systems (‘P.2557/29’, ‘No.5’, ‘C238’).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right hand corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, with page numbers located top and centre of each page.
18. 'Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part I Historical and Political Materials, Précis of Turkish Expansion on the Arab Littoral of the Persian Gulf and Hasa and Katif [al-Qaṭīf] Affairs'
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- Abstract: The volume is Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part I Historical and Political Materials, Precis of Turkish Expansion on the Arab Littoral of the Persian Gulf and Hasa and Katif Affairs(Simla: G C Press, 1904).The volume charts the history and internal affairs of Hasa and Katif [al-Qaṭīf] from early times up to the present, and has sections dedicated to a survey of the Katif coast, Turkish policy, trade, piracy, and Turkish designs on Oman.Physical description: Pagination: the volume contains an original pagination sequence, which commences at 1 on the title page, and terminates at 146 on the last page before the back cover. These numbers are printed, with additions and corrections in pencil, and can be found in the top centre of each page. Pagination anomalies: pp. 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G, 1H.
19. 'Confidential D 107 86/5-I Eastern and General Syndicate Ltd. - Saudi Arabia'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence to and from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Percy Gordon Loch), Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), and Political Agent at Kuwait (Harold Richard Patrick Dickson) regarding matters in Saudi Arabia and their affect, particularly on Kuwait and Bahrain. The main topic of discussion being a concession in Hasa, Saudi Arabia which was contested by the Standard Oil Company of California and the Iraq Petroleum Company, and was awarded to Standard Oil in July 1933.The correspondence, primarily between HM's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan) and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon) includes details of the negotiations and translations of the concession agreement which was published in Umm-al-Qurain July 1933. Also discussed are attempts to obtain information about the special agreement between Standard Oil and the Sa'udi Arab Government which was not published and which contained details of the exact values of the concession, the area covered by it, and a clause relating to the Kuwait-Najd neutral zone concession. Later correspondence also discusses the progress being made by Standard Oil in developing their concession.Other matters discussed in the file include:correspondence from the Political Agent at Kuwait regarding rumours that the Shaikh of Kuwait (Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ) travelled to Najd to meet with Ibn Saud (‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd), King of Saudi Arabia, or one of his close advisers to discuss matters including a potential alleviation of the blockade on Kuwait and their joining forces in regards to the oil concession agreement in the neutral zone (ff 6-17);a memorandum written by the Petroleum Department about Petroleum in Arabia which covers the topics: Petroleum prospects in Arabia, interested or potentially interested companies, past concessions affecting Saudi Arabia, the present position. The memorandum includes brief summaries of all the key oil companies and interested parties in oil concessions in Arabia (ff 90-91);correspondence regarding the prohibition on private planes flying to Bahrain and a request by the Standard Oil Company of California to use Bahrain as their base of operations during their survey of Hasa which was denied, and the eventual decision to allow Standard Oil's aeroplane to land at Bahrain should there be a serious medical emergency involving either their staff or those of the Mesopotamia-Persia corporation (ff 112, 131-133, 155-156, 173-175);a record of an interview which Frederick Charles Starling of the Mines Department had with Edmund William Janson of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited in which Eastern and General's interest in a possible concession in Asir was discussed along with their activities in regard to previous concessions (ff 147-149).A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 179-187.Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers arewritten in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 6-192; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
20. 'Vol. D.16 (File 61/4) Bin Saood - Amir of Nejd's intention to visit Pirate Coast and Oman in 1905'
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- Abstract: This file consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, handwritten notes, diary extracts, and drafts of the above concerning a rumoured visit by Ibn Sa'ud, ruler of Najd, to the Trucial Coast and Oman. The bulk of the file is correspondence between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agents in Kuwait and Sharjah, the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Secretary of State for India in Whitehall, the British Embassy in Constantinople, the various Trucial Sheikhs, Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait, and Ibn Sa'ud. Included within this are letters sent amongst the Arab rulers themselves that came into the possession of the British via the Agent at Sharjah.The file begins with reports of Ibn Sa'ud's visit to al-Hasa in the summer of 1905 where he reconciled the quarrelling tribes of 'Ajman, al-Murrah, and Bani Hajar, and his talk of visiting the Trucial Coast and Oman. A discussion follows on how the British should deal with the consequential unrest and injury to trade in the Gulf should the visit occur, often seeking the advice of Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait due to his close connection to Ibn Sa'ud. Warnings are then given to the Trucial Sheikhs to refrain from contact with Ibn Sa'ud and measures of blocking the arms trade to Kuwait and more direct military action are put forward. The file ends (at the close of 1907, after a gap of a year) with reports from Sheikh Mubarak that complaints about the British and requests for contact with Ibn Sa'ud had come to him from several of the Trucial rulers.Physical description: Foliation: The main sequence is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover of the file, and runs from 1 to 57, the final folio of writing. Note that f 24 is followed by f 24A.There are two other foliation sequences that are both intermittent through the file. The first consists of five digits stamped in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio of writing. The second sequence is written in blue crayon in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the first folio of writing.
21. 'Question of British Consular Representation in El Hasa and Qatif'
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- Abstract: Memorandum providing an overview of the considerations of British representation in El Hasa [Al Hasa] and Qatif from 1904, with suggestions put forward by the Government of India and Sir Lionel Haworth, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It includes the reasons behind the need for representation, and the implications of relations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences and terminates at f 64, 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.
22. 'Persian Gulf précis. (Parts I and II)'
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- Abstract: A printed précis of correspondence on various Persian Gulf subjects, prepared for the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Simla, in July 1911 (Part I) and July 1913 (Part II). The document is divided into two parts. Most subjects relate to Turkish claims to sovereignty in the region, including the presence of Turkish garrisons, and were chosen and prepared because of the negotiations between the British and Turkish authorities connected to the Baghdad Railway plans.Part I (folios 2-35) covers various subjects and is organised into eleven chapters, each devoted to a different topic or geographical area, as follows: Chapter I, British interests in the Persian Gulf, Extent of Arabian littoral; Chapter II, Extent of Hasa and Katif [Qatif], Claims of the Turks to the whole of Eastern Arabia, Extent to which Turkish claims on the Arabian littoral are recognised by His Majesty's government, Proposed arrangement with the Turkish Government defining their sphere of influence on the Arabian littoral; Chapter III, Turkish occupation of El Bida [Doha], Extent of the Katar [Qatar] Peninsula; Chapter IV, Turkish designs on Katar, Policy of His Majesty's Government; Chapter V, Trucial Chiefs (Pirate Coast); Chapter VI, Maskat [Muscat] and Gwadar; Chapter VII, Kuwait; Chapter VIII, Um Kasr [Umm Qasr], Bubiyan and Warba; Chapter IX, Bahrain, Zakhnuniyeh [Zahnūnīyah] and Mohammerah [Korramshahr]; Chapter X, Proposed British action consequent on Turkish aggression; Chapter XI, Pearl fisheries. There are three appendices containing further correspondence relating to the main text.Part II (folios 36-60) relates entirely to the Baghdad Railway and the negotiations between the British and Ottoman authorities that the proposal of the railway initiated. The negotiations covered several matters, including: the political statuses of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar; the location of the railway's terminus; the ownership of the railway; and the creation of a commission for the improvement of navigation in the Chatt-el-Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab]. It opens with an introduction of the related issues (folios 37-41) followed by the relative correspondence (folios 42-53). It ends with the draft agreements (folios 53-60) - never ratified - drawn up by the two powers.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.Condition: folios 59 and 60 have both been torn in two corners, resulting in the loss of some text.
23. 'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession'
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- Abstract: The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and memoranda exchanged between the Political Agent and the Political Resident and with the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the Sheikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the boundaries of Qatar and the Qatar Oil Concession.The volume includes:correspondence between APOC and the India Office on the Qatar Oil Concession, mentioning the opportunity to build a refinery in Qatar;information about Bahrain [Buraini)] and its surroundings, with list of tribes which paid Zakah to Ibn Saud in 1922 and the Amir of Hasa in 1926, which includes number of men, camels and sheep for each tribe (ff. 45-56);'Historical Memorandum of the relations of the Wahabi Amirs and Ibn Saud with Eastern Arabia and the British Government, 1800-1934', published by the India Office on 26 September 1934, containing a printed map 'APPENDIX C. MAP SHOWING THE EXTENT OF WAHABI AND OF MUSCAT POWER, 1865' (ff. 61-91A);draft of Qatar Oil Agreement attached to 14 January 1935 letter from A.P.O.C. to India Office.There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-228).Physical description: The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on the first page of writing, then 90, 91A, 91B, 92; and then carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting on folio 27 (numbered 17); and ending on folio 214 (numbered 201).
24. 'File 60/20 I (C 93) Imperial Bank of Iran: Bahrain, etc'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to banking in Persia, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Ministry in Tehran, the Government of India, High Commissioner in Iraq (later the British Ambassador), Political Residency in Bushire, the Foreign and Indian Offices in London, Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the British Consulates in Shiraz and Bandar Abbas, the British Minister in Jeddah, the British Ambassador in Cairo, employees of the Imperial Bank Persia (later Imperial Bank Iran) and the Eastern Bank, and the Persian Government. Included as enclosures are several newspaper cuttings and transcripts.The documents cover discussions over the Imperial Bank's operations in the region, including growing hostility in an increasingly nationalist Iran and the plans to open a branch in Bahrain. Much of the volume pertains to the work of rival banks in Bahrain and Dhahran in Saudi Arabia. These banks include the Eastern Bank, the Ottoman Bank and the National City Bank.Folio 146 is a map of al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia, produced by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company.Folios 191-198 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is also present between ff 4-190; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Circled index numbers in red and blue crayon can also be found throughout the volume. There are the following irregularities: f 33 is followed by f 34a and f 34b.