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'Persian Baluchistan (including the Sarhad and Persian Mekran) The Quetta-Nushki extension railway' [11r] (21/34)
The record is made up of 1 file (17 folios). It was created in 8 May 1922. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Department.
Minute Paper.-
Ax.
siiJJL^ry
* It i» rourjhly
450 roilea from
Quetta to Jfctsdap,
and oome K>0 moro
to ueioiaii.
(I*aarata¥ad)
Political Dept.
:;ieuK>. C.152.
the Peroiana’ conception of the aituation on ’ihich
they have acted, foul rl leave ha flap to rolanee into
itc femer ineipj^ifloancse, render a Peroion Governor
at ha dap on absurdity and leave the pround clear
tor the development of the polic/ ri cora^iended in hay
1917. But the dierrantlinpc of the railway, ’idiich the
advocates of tiiio plan arrue to be not merely an
extravagance 'videh does not and never can be raade to
pay, but a breach in the natural defences of the "left
il'rnk" of India, ie not a measure which can be lightly
decided upon on prounds of local convenience or policy.
The project of a railway from huetta to heietan,
ihidi was practically* fulfilled as part of a "side
show in the t&r, has been a fruitful field of controv
ersy since the 1 duties. Uhe main features in this
oontrover/ry are conveniently suauarieed in the
•aarrinally cited memo: prepared wiien the fcushki-
Dalbandin extwision ms first propounded in the war*
Briefly put, the one doctrine, of which Lord Curuon has
been the foremost exponent (with Sir hurii Barnes, Oener- !
al Sir b. Barrow Sir ii« Uad.aiion, Colonel 'Vebb-'are to
naiit* no others) held that Seistan coia.mndinr as it does
C.I.D. memo.
P. 3763/16
Sir 7. noberteon
P* 3763V16.
the only route (from Herat to Nmiahar) that is practic
able tiirou/riiout tiie year throiifh Affhanistan to India,
is Indian true defenoe«point a/ainst attack by land, -
"an outlyinrbastion ooraimidinr a sally port". r ihe
other scliool (includirvr Lord Kitchener, bir D. hair
he then was, mid bir W. hobertson) held tiiat the true
defence oi India lay in the occupation, when necessary,
of Kandaiiar and opposed the extension westwards of the
Quetta-husiiki line. Ihe purely military pro-s and con-s
are no doubt today mudi the smoe as they have been in
the
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The memorandum is concerned with Persian Baluchistan, specifically focusing on Mekran [Makran] and Sarhad, which are regarded as being of particular geopolitical interest to Britain's Indian Empire. It includes a brief description of these regions, outlines local British activities during the First World War to counter threats to their interests, and presents the current situation in Mekran and Sarhad. It also outlines proposals put forward by the Government of India in 1917 for reorganising the administration of Persian Baluchistan, with a view to protecting Britain's Indian Frontier and telegraph lines through Persia. This includes an explanation of objections put forward by the Foreign Office to these proposals.
The rest of the memorandum is dedicated to the Quetta-Nushki railway extension to Duzdap [Zāhedān]; it is considering a proposal for the destruction of this extension. To this end, it includes a short history of its construction, examines the economic and political advantages of the line, and considers the possibility of a further extension of the line into Seistan [Sīstān].
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- 1r:17v
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