Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land'

Content

The file concerns the sale of land belonging to the Seistan and Kain (Zabul) Consulate, and reports on the flood in Seistan, causing damages to the Vice-Consulate at Zabul.

The file contains:

• proposed sale of land situated outside the compound of Seistan Consulate, on which a building was erected in 1931, by Mohamed Ali & Brothers
• insolvency of Mohamed Ali & Brothers, not paying rent for the building
• negotiations between Mohamed Ali & Brothers, interested in buying the building or receiving a sum on the sale, and the Government of India, interested in selling the building to others
• sketch representing the land leased in 1906 to Mohamed Ali & Brothers (f 80)
• negotiations to sell the land to the Afghan Government, in 1937
• proposal to offer the property to the Iranian Government, in exchange for freehold rights over the land occupied by the Zahedan Vice-Consulate, in 1938
• reports of the 1939-40 floods of the rivers Naurab, Hermand and Shela, surrounding Zabul, with sketch (f 48). The floods affected ground and building of the Zabul Consulate. Damages to bridges, roads and telegraph poles in Seistan are also reported
• report on the river Helmand's changing delta; sketch representing Oscillations of Helmand 1760-1940 (f 25)
• sketch representing Mouth of the Nuriab (f 14).

The file is composed of correspondence between the British Consulate at Seistan and Kain, the British Legation at Tehran, the Foreign Office, the British Consulate at Khorasan, the 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. , the Government of India, and Mohamed Ali & Brothers.

There is a letter in French, from the Afghan Legation at Tehran.

Extent and format

1 file (220 folios)

It is grouped into

'Mouth of the Nuriab'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/3601, f 14

'Oscillations of Helmand 1760-1940'

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/3601, f 25

Sketch representing the rivers Naurab, Hermand and Shela, surrounding Zabul

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/12/3601, f 48

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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 221; 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 and French 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/12/3601

Former external reference(s)

Coll 29/40

History of this record

Date(s)

19 Mar 1931-1 Feb 1941 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Sales of landFloodsBritishDiplomatic serviceConsular services

Places

ZabulSeistan

People & organisations

British Consulate, Seistan and KainBritish Consulate GeneralGovernment of IndiaForeign OfficeBritish Legation, Tehran

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