‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎280] (297/578)

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AFGHANISTAN—NO. XX—1905
3. The starting point of the boundary line is marked by a boundary pillar
on the summit of Malik Siah Koh which was constructed by the Afghan-Balu-
chistan Boundary Commission in 1896 and is known as Boundary Pillar No. 186
of that Commission.
The latitude and longitude of this and all other Seistan boundary pillars,
the position of each with regard to prominent places visible from them, and all
necessary particulars of their size and construction are fully stated in the list of
boundary pillars attached to this statement.
4. The position of each boundary pillar is also clearly shown in the two
maps attached to this.
5. From the top of Malik Siah Koh to the Band-i-Kuhak (also called Band-i-
Seistan) the straight line of boundary has been marked by 51 pillars. As these
are all in exactly one straight line a further description of each is unnecessary;
and it suffices to say that No. 12 is on the south bank of the Shela, No. 36 on the
north bank of the Sana rud, and No. 51 on the left bank of the Helmund river
where the Bud-i-Seistan leaves that river at the Band-i-Kuhak. Between pillars
Nos. 8 and 9 and between Nos. 12 and 13 are 3 and 8 miles respectively of heavy
sand through which it was not possible to demarcate the line with pillars.
Besides these 51 pillars there are 16 smaller marks also exactly on the straight
line. The positions and particulars of these are stated in the attached list of
pillars. They bear the following numbers in that list:—13A, 14A, 15A, 16A,
17A, 18A, 18B, 18C, 21A, 23A, 23B, 25A, 25B, 26A, 32A, 43A, but in order to
prevent confusion with boundary pillars they have been shown in the map attached
to this only as small black dots without numbers.
6 . From the Band-i-Kuhak demarcation with pillars was unnecessary along
the course of the Helmund river as far as the point of separation of the Rud-i-
Pariun and Nad Ali branches of that river. To mark this point pillar No. 52
has been built at a distance of 94 feet from the left, i.e., Persian bank of the Nad
Ali channel, and pillar No. 53 has been built at a distance of 65 feet from the
right or Afghan bank of the same channel. The boundary line thence follows
the Nad Ali channel. The old ruin of Burj-i-As marks the right bank of that
channel near Nad Ali, and pillar No. 54 marks the right bank at the point where
the Shela-i-Charakh leaves that channel. From pillar No. 54 the Nad Ali channel
is known as the Sikhsar. Pillar No. 55 marks the left bank of the Sikhsar at the
point where the Deh Dost Muhammad canal takes off from it, while pillar No. 56
also marks the left bank at the point where the Sikhsar again turns northwards.
Pillar No. 57 has been built on a prominent mound called Tappa-i-Sikhsar w'hich
is situated at a distance of 240 feet from the right or Afghan bank of the
Sikhsar.
Further north, pillar No. 58 which has been built at a distance of 109 feet
from the right bank, and pillar No. 59, which is situated 20 feet from the left bank
of the Sikhsar stream, mark the point where the boundary line leaves the Sikhsar
as defined in my award. Pillar No. 58 is built alongside the site of Deh Yar
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