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File 1377/1905 Pt 2 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Border Meetings' [41v] (78/224)
The record is made up of 1 item (111 folios). It was created in Dec 1903-Mar 1907. 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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T should be "lad if Captain McConaghey were permitted to make a second tour,
hut beyond that I do not go and think that the abandonment of the border
meetings, which are a fairly settled arrangement, would be a mistake. If the
Government of India should be pleased to regard favourably the proposals
which I have recently submitted for increasing the strength of the Mekran
Levy Corps and adding to its posts, the Assistant Political _ Agent and
Commandant of the Corps wdll have quite as much before him as he can
efficiently get through in the next twn years, and an extension of the scope
of his duties is, I think, to be deprecated.
3 . This last conclusion represents, as far as the Perso-Mekran littoral is
concerned, my views on the point noticed in paragraph 6 of the letter to
which I am replying. As regards Kalat-Mekran cases, the instructions by
which the Nazim of Mekren is at present guided are as follows:—
“ With regard to affairs on the border it is desirable that the chief direc
tion of these should be in the Assistant Political Agent’s hands. You will as
heretofore deal direct w ith all minor cases between your people and their
neighbours across the Persian border, but in all important cases you should,
as far as feasible, refer to the Assistant
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
before taking action.
Also all your correspondence with myself (the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Kalat)
on border ^matters should in future pass through the Assistant Political Agent’s
hands. That is, you u ill submit your reports to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
through
the Assistant Political Aijent. Further it will be well if all correspondence
and dealings with high Persian officials, such as the Governor-General of
Kerman, with the Consul at Kerman, with the Belgian Customs officials and
w r ith Russians or other Luropeans be conducted directly by the Assistant
Political Agent”.
These instructions were issued in July 1905, by Major Showers with my
tentative approval and were recently reaffirmed by myself in personal con
ference with the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, the Assistant
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, and the Nazim,
special attention being called to that portion which makes it incumbent on
the Nazim to refer to the Assistant
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in all important border
cases before taking action. They were framed with considerable care and
. _ , 1Qn , XT , c co with due regard to the principle* laid
down by the Government of India that
the Nazim’s authority is in no way to be superseded. To this principle, in
my opinion, great importance is to be attached. The instructions appear to me
to give the Assistant
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
a full control of the administration of
border affairs, and I do not think that they require modification. The words
“ as far as feasible ” represent wffiat is really the practical difficulty. When
Captain McConaghey is absent on deputation or tours of inspection, rapid
communication between him and the Nazim is not possible. The telegraph
extension lo Panjgur should however have much improved matters in this
repect while the further proposed telegraph extension from Pasni to Turbat and
from Turbat to Maud should minimise possible misunderstandings.
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Part 2 contains correspondence relating to meetings between Persian and British officials to address matters of dispute and to promote order along the frontier zone. The correspondence is between the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Viceroy of India, Foreign Office, and 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. . Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:
- the Persian Prime Minister (Mushir-ed-Dowleh);
- Major Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire;
- Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan;
- British Consul at Kerman;
- Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kalat;
- British Chargé d'Affaires (later, Minister), Tehran;
- Director of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Telegraphs, a division of the Indo-European Telegraph Department of the British Government;
- Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Mekran [Makran].
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- the question of a garrison of Persian troops at Irafshan [Īrafshān];
- the demolition of a fort at Magas;
- British opinion of the incoming Governor-General of Kerman and Governor of Baluchistan;
- proposals for closer ties between British authorities in Kerman and those in Baluchistan;
- the arrangement of annual meetings between Persian and British officials to discuss frontier matters;
- the outcome of these meetings for the years 1905 and 1906;
- the postponement of the 1907 meeting owing to unrest in Dizak following the death of the Shah of Iran (Muẓaffari’d-Dīn Shāh Qājār);
- the question of political control over the Mekran border;
- the case of Persian government official, Mir Ahmad Khan, entering British territory in pursuit of tribesmen who were allegedly avoiding the payment of taxes.
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