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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [255v] (518/617)
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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III.
Expenditure in
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
.
A—Charges home by Her Majesty’s Government—
Baghdad, Mosul and Karbela
B—Charges borne by Government of India—
Baghdad
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Basrah Consulate
Tigris Subsidy ... ••• •••
Indian Marine charges —
Maintenance of “ Comet ^
Total Indian charges
£
13 L
4,970
1,400
1,600
2,506
10.476
65. According to these figures, which we have been at much pains to verify,
it appears that upon the various establishments maintained by the British
Government in Persia, the Imperial Government spends £15,46B and the Gov
ernment of India £60,886 per annum. If
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
be included in the
calculation, as we think it must in fairness be, and as it was in a statement
prepared for and presented to the Boyal Commission on Indian expenditure
in 1896, the totals will amount to Great Britain £15,597, India £71,362.
66. It will not, we apprehend, be denied that these contributions do not
at all fairly represent the respective proportions of Imperial and of Indian
interest in Persia and its surroundings. The argument into which we entered
in an earlier part of this despatch will have failed in its purpose if it has not
given good grounds for thinking that in the determination of British interests
in Persia too much stress has hitherto been laid upon the Indian, and too little
upon the British, quota; and that a more even partition both of responsibility
and of financial burden might with reason be adopted in the future.
67. This however is a question which we are not at the present moment
called upon to. discuss with any minuteness, the more so as it is understood to he
one of the subjects that have attracted the attention of the Royal Commission
above alluded to, and that are likely to be dealt with in its Report. Wb observe
that in the evidence so far printed and published, some attention has been paid to
the case, and we reserve till the appearance of the final Report, any further
remarks that we may have to offer thereon.
68. We would observe, however, in strict connection with the question now
un er examination, vAz.^ the increase of Consular and other establishments in
ema—-w ich is itself a branch of the wider subject—that in the reconsider-
ation of the case for which the Government of India have more than once
peace., i appears to us that one of tw r o principles may with advantage be
Yle . w ' p ^ -jJ e3 ^ ire charges .which are placed upon the revenues of the
n n- • i TP ire ° r . ersia a nd
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
may be added together, and may
hetwPPrf fhl certani proportions to be revised, if necessary, at definite intervals,
adonted whpn -E. xc ^ e( l uers - Some such principle was
Roreisrn Officp anrl° 1 6 Mission at Tehran was re-transferred to the"
ratlo of the cbnr^^B 1 Z™ L \ id ^own by Lord John Russell that the
are not awaro that ^ * nd } a ari d Great Britain should be as 12 to 5. We
or surrendered althouoB ?, nnci P^ e bas ever since been formally repudiated
pra” ’ g appearS t0 have W widel y deputed from in
or localities in Persia ^!f^ Pod . wou ^ d be that of determining what are the spheres
or to the Government o/’lndia^aTdl’f rTrr t0 + , H g Ma i est . v ’ s Government
against the revenues respectively of 1'
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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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- Title
- ‘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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