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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [82r] (168/617)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (301 folios). It was created in 22 Jun 1896-3 Mar 1900. 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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that tile GitcUiaol SEStS B ° UnJue oPP^n,
an d that order wa S tnaintaine"oi’ulrptl" 6 Ztler
oflScers m any wav responsible for tbi« A<v*r,„ i tler ‘ ^ ^ e ^ ieve tliat all
raent is the best which can be devised both for tllis arrange-
ourselves ; especially, when we consider hi t -f a ° f Mekran and for
Russian emissaries aAd of the manned in vvhlhT ? dvan ^ 1 . s «««>^rd of
control of that power. But, as the Government of MrLve aufhorUaWveS
declared that it does not approve of this plan, it has to he discarded 7
10. The second plan is the one nowin force It nrovirlpc w
of a Nazim of the Khan of Kalat for the whole of Makran and for the codec!
tion of taxes w.thout favour from all parties. The Nazim was supported bv
called the re-organised troops. It is divided into two portions namelv 200
Infantry, who are nearly all Punjabis, and 60 Brahui Camelrv. They ire all
well armed and equipped, and are trained and paid as sepois of the Indian
Army.
11. This system of government has proved a very expensive one for the
Khan, and is unpopular with him and with the local Chiefs. The Nazim and
his establishment cost some Rs. 26,000 per annum. The re-organised troops
cost, when first raised as 200 Infantry, Rs. 5c,000 per annum ; hut, since then,
65 Camelry have been raised, additional expenses have been incurred, and their
cost is now roughly about Rs. 1.04,000 prr annum as shown in Appendix No. 3.
The cost of administration to the Khan is therefore some Rs 1,30,000 a year,
while the income is about Rs. 40,000. He is therefore a dead loser by about
Rs. 90,000 per annum, a large sum indeed for the Ruler of a mountainous and
poor country to have to pay, and he naturally greatly objects to the arrange
ment. The Chiefs dislike the present form of government, because, under it, they
are compelled to pay revenue, whereas, under the old Baluch system, they were
merely tax-gatherers from the poor or less influential parties.
12. I have lately consulted with His Highness the Khan, some of the
principal Chiefs of Baluchistan, the Nazim of Makran, Mr. Knox, and others
on the best arrangement which we can now make for the future government
of Makran. The general view is that the present system has failed. It is, as
I have shown, unpopular with the Khan and with the Makran Chiefs, and its
expense is prohibitive. But all those whom I have consulted agree, that if a
real Balueh form of government is introduced gradually, and with caie, it may
succeed, and would be popular with the rulers and ruled. This Government
would in great measure be a return to the^ancient form ofinling by Nads, hut
care will be taken by the grant of subsidies, and the placing of levy posts at
various points to guard the Persian border and watch the Naosherwams Ot
Kharan. This scheme is as followsThe Khan wil place three I'aiKs in.
Makran, one at Turbat, one at Panjgur, and one Kohva, amalgamated with
Mushkai He will grant a small subsidy to the principal Rinds of Mand, and
service to the Zamknis, and will place the following three thanas m the
countrv :—
... 40 sovrars.
... 10 do.
^ ... do.
These sowars would be levies from either theRindsorBizenjosorarnKtere
of both, under perhaps Eakir Muhammad, the son of the Bizenjo Chief,
Khaira.
The cost of this plan would be as follows :
Mand
Boleda
Panjgur
These sowars
Its.
Subsidy to Rinds ...
Service to Zimrauis •••
Thana of 40 men and 1 Jemadar at Mauri ...
do 10 do. 1 do. at Boleda...
do! 20 do. 1 do. at Panjgur
Total
1,200 per annum.
1,200
14,400
3,600
7,200
do.
do.
do.
do.
27,600 do.
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The volumes contain papers relating to Persia [Iran], including Seistan, and the tract of land south of the Baluch-Afghan boundary between Nushki and Persia, which had become British territory following the demarcation of the Afghan-Baluch border.
The papers largely consist of printed copies of correspondence between the Governor General of India in Council (Government of India Foreign Department) and the Secretary of State for India (Lord George Francis Hamilton), and enclosed correspondence and papers.
Letters from the Governor General of India in Council to the Secretary of State for India include:
- Number 170, 16 September 1896, relating to the opening up of a trade route between Nushki and the Persian frontier, crossing the tract of British territory south of the Baluch-Afghan boundary, and the protection of the newly-demarcated frontier, with enclosed memorandum by Captain Arthur Henry McMahon, British Commissioner, Baluch-Afghan Boundary Commission, containing his proposals for the management and administration of the tract and for the protection of the trade route
- Number 58, 31 March 1898, concerning the trade route between Baluchistan and Persia, including the suggestion that Consular Agents should be appointed at central points along it between Seistan and Meshed, with enclosures including a report by Lieutenant Frank Webb-Ware, Political Assistant at Chagai, on his visit to Seistan at the beginning of 1896, and the measures introduced for the development of trade between Baluchistan and Persia (which includes a blueprint map, Mss Eur F111/350, f 33)
- Number 163, 15 September 1898, forwarding copies of papers regarding the situation in Makran and Panjgur, following recent ‘disturbances’ in Makran.
The file also includes:
- Copies of Government of India Foreign Department papers numbered 40-58 relating to the Kerman Consulate and British interests in Southern Persia, including correspondence between the Government of India Foreign Department and the Secretary of State for India
- A letter from the Secretary of State for India to the Governor General of India in Council, with enclosed despatch from Sir (Henry) Mortimer Durand, HM Minister at Tehran, to the Foreign Office, dated 12 February 1899, in which he gives his opinion on suggestions for the appointment of additional consular officers in Persia (this includes a map titled ‘Skeleton Map of Telegraph Lines in Persia.’ Mss Eur F111/350, f 187)
- A letter from Durand to the Secretary to the Foreign Department of the Government of India, 24 February 1899, enclosing a copy of his memorandum (with appendices) drawn up in 1895 on the situation in Persia, and the steps he proposed should be taken to improve the British position there
- Copies of a draft despatch from the Governor General of India in Council, 2 September 1899, regarding relations between Great Britain and Persia, including improving the British Political and Consular service in Persia, and the extent of the share of responsibility for Persia that should be devolved upon the Government of India, followed by printed comments upon the draft
- Copies of a minute by George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India, on Seistan, dated 4 September 1899, including the question of a railway connection between India and Seistan
- Handwritten pencil notes by Curzon relating to Persia and the ‘Seistan Question’.
In addition to the two maps noted above, the file also includes the following maps: map of the area south of the border between Afghanistan and Baluchistan (Mss Eur F111/350, f 300); map of the area west of the border between Persia and Afghanistan (Mss Eur F111/350, f 301); and ‘Route Plan of Robat Nala’ (Mss Eur F111/350, f 302).
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes (301 folios)
- Arrangement
Most of volume A is arranged in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume (from folios 6 to 76); volume B is arranged is rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover of volume one (ff 1-150) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 151-304); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- ‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’
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- front , back , spine, edge , head , tail, front-i, 2r:32v, 34r:62v, 64r:84r, 86r, 89r:93v, 96r:96v, 99v:100v, 101v:128v, 129v:149v, back-i, front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 152r:186v, 188r:189r, 190r:299v, 303r:304v, back-i
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