Coll 28/28A ‘Persia: Perso-Baluchistan frontier; demarcation near Mirjawa [mostly copies of papers on 28/28]’

Content

Photographic reproductions of letters, memoranda, printed copies of correspondence and maps, relating to the demarcation of the border between Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan (in present-day Pakistan) around the town of Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh]. The majority of the file’s papers are duplicates of material in the file Coll 28/28 ‘Persia. Perso-Baluchistan Frontier. Demarcation near Mirjawa.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3425).

Correspondence dating between 1924 and 1935 comprises the first part of the file (ff 2-153). The second part of the file is preceded by a cover slip attached to folio 154, which reads: ‘Collection ‘B’’. Papers in this part of the file (ff 154-286) comprise copies of correspondence dating between 1871 and 1912. Three of the file’s thirteen maps (f 223, f 224, f 242) are not duplicates of maps included IOR/L/PS/12/3425.

Extent and format

1 file (285 folios)

It is grouped into

‘Map of Mirjáwa and neighbourhood 1905’

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/3425A, f 223

‘Sketch Map of Mirjáwa 1905’

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/3425A, f 224

‘North-western trans-frontier’

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/3425A, f 242

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 286; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/3425A

Former external reference(s)

Coll 28/28A

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Apr 1924-12 Sep 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

MapsSurveysFrontiersBilateral agreements

Places

MirjawaPersiaAfghanistanBaluchistan

People & organisations

Perso-Baluch Boundary CommissionGovernment of Iran, Pahlavi dynastyBritish Legation, TehranForeign OfficeAgent to the Governor-General, Resident and Chief Commissioner, BaluchistanBritish Consul, Seistan and KainKhan of Kalāt, rulers of KalātSurvey of IndiaGovernment of India

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Coll 28/28A ‘Persia: Perso-Baluchistan frontier; demarcation near Mirjawa [mostly copies of papers on 28/28]’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3425A, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003d3> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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