'Memorandum on the Special Mission to Seistan and Mekran.'

Content

The memorandum provides a brief overview of correspondence between 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. and the Foreign Office, on the subject of the boundary commissions for Seistan and Mekran [Makran] in 1872; headed by Frederic John Goldsmid. It is noted that the Foreign Office's refusal to pay a share of the costs of the aforementioned missions is the motivation for producing it; 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. had expected the costs of these missions to be shared between the Imperial (i.e. London) and Indian governments.

The author of the memorandum, and manuscript notes (in pencil), is Owen Tudor Burne, Secretary, Political Department.

Extent and format

1 file (5 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 118, and terminates at f 122, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. Pagination: the item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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/18/C83

History of this record

Date(s)

31 Dec 1874 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

border disputes

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeSir Frederic John Goldsmid, Knight

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