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Telegram P., No. 570-S., dated the 17th March 1924..
From—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and
Political Department^ Delhi,
To The Hon hie the Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in
-Baluchistan.
Please report whether you have considered question of advisability of
posting Levy Corps in Persian territory.
^ Reference is to telegram No. 12936—ll-G.,* dated 14th March, from
Westcom to General Staff regarding Mekran Levy Corps for Mirjawa.
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No. 17-M., dated Delhi, the 18th March 1924..
Endorsed by Foreign and Political Department*
A copy of the undermentioned paper is forwarded to His Majesty’s Consul
for Sistan and. Kain in continuation of Foreign and Political Department
endorsement f No. 70(IV)M., dated the 28th February 1924.
Telegram to His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, Ho. 562-S.,t dated the 15th
March 1921.
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Dated Duzdap, the 12th March 1922.
From— Liedtenant-Colonel L. B. H. Haworth, I.A., Foreign and Political Depart
ment of the Government of India, Duzdap,
To—The Hon'ble the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign
and Political Department, Delhi.
I have the honour to report that, when travelling from Kerman to Meshed,
on my arrival at Bam I found that Diwan Begi, the civil and more important
member of the mission which was despatched by the Prime Minister to
negotiate with Dost Mukamed, had arrived at that place. I accordingly halted
for two days in order to discuss the question with him.
2. We were both stopping with Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mojallal, the chief land-owner of the
district and at present Governor of Bam. Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mojallal, whose father was
for many years Governor of Persian Baluchistan, probably knows more about
the people of that country than anyone else on the Kerman side.
3. It will be remembered that in his telegram to the Government of
India, No. 13, § dated 6 th February 1924, His Majesty’s Minister stated that the
Prime Minister had said that he hoped the result of the negotiations at Bampur
would end in the peaceful submission of Dost Muhamed and that Salar Amjad
would then receive orders to march on Bampur, both armies from Kerman
and Duzdap being placed under one command and that pending the result of
the negotiations both armies were to keep each other fully informed of their
movements. Dewan Begi informs me that he has submitted his report to
Tehran and is awaiticg the Prime Minister’s orders on it. He expects to be
called up to Tehran.
4. Salar Amjad would appear to have been complaining regarding the
activities of the peace mission which is a position which it is difficult to follow.
Salars own mission is to overawe the tribes of the Sarhad and to show to Dost
Muhamed by the occupation of Khwash that the Persian Government not
only intends to take action if necessary, but is strong enough to do so, thus to
* Notes page 9.
X Serial No. 31.
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t Serial No. 6B.
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