ملف 1880/1904 Pt 2 "الحدود الفارسية الأفغانية: - الجزء من الحدود الذي لم يتم ترسيمه. التعديات الأفغانية." [ظ‎‎٨‎٨] (٢٤٠/١٨١)

Telegram No. 2226-F., dated the 16th July 1906.
From—The Foreign Secretary, Simla,
To—The British Consul, Seistan, via Robat.
MEMORANDUM.
1906.
Extract from Meshed Diary No. 24, for the week ending 16th June 1906.
Monday, 11th June .—Two days ago the Asaf-ud-Dowlah sent me a tele
gram which he had received from the Shaukat-ul-Mulk at Birjand. It referred
to a frontier incident which had occurred between some of his subjects who
were digging a karez or underground canal in the Atishkhana district, near the
frontier^ and some 20 Afghans under an Afghan officer, who had forbidden
them to go on with the work, pending a reference to their respective Governors,
on the ground that the karez was in Afghan territory. The Shaukat-ul-Mulk,
in his telegram, mentioned that he had heard that Captain Keyes, when passing
through, had carefully inspected this karez, but he did not know why. The
Asaf-ud-Dowlah asked my advice as to what he should do. To-day he has
returned from a week-end trip to the hills, and I have told him that I believe
it is true that Captain Keyes saw some men at work on a karez in the district
mentioned, and that the men themselves told him that they Tvould like to know
whether they were working in Afghan or Persian soil, and that pending a
settlement of the question they were not inclined to pay taxes. I added that
the telegram had not exactly stated the situation of the karez, but that it was
evidently disputed territory, and that therefore it was impossible for me to
advise him. He appeared dissatisfied with the reply.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
To—E. M. Grant Duff, Esq,, His Britannic Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran,
In continuation of my letter No. 470-E., dated the 8th February 1906,1
ence specified in the attached list, ^relating to the Perso-Afghan boundary in
the neighbourhood of Hashtadan,
2. Two copies of the map illustrating the reportf by Captain Keyes on
3 . Complete copies of the correspondence are also being furnished to His
Majesty’s Consul-General at Meshed, and to His Majesty’s Consuls in Seistan
and at Turbat-i-Haidari.
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No. 27'25-F., dated Simla, the 24th August 1906.
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am directed to forward, for your infor
mation, printed copies of the correspond-