'No 2. Persia, Herat, and Seistan — (continued)' [93r] (1/4)
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(Separate md Secret.)
No. 2.
PERSIA, HERAT, AND SEISTAN—
(continued).
The following further correspondence has passed
between the Viceroy of India and the Secretary of
State on the above subject:—
Telegram from Viceroy, 5th January 1880
“ Secret. Poliowing message from Teheran to
Foreign Office repeated liere. Begins. Furrah,
though doubtless considered by Persia included in
territory to be occupied, might be excluded without
disturbing conditions now under consideration, but
if range of Siah Koh would also exclude Subzawar
districts, I consider present terms might probably
have to be modified. Ends.
“ It appears essential that Government of India
should be well informed regarding limits of pro
posed territory assigned to Persia; unless these
limits are carefully settled with India there will be
confusion and misunderstanding in Afghanistan.
“We consider presence of British representative
with Persian army of occupation most important.”
This telegram was followed by a secret letter,
No. 3, dated the 7th of January 1880, from the
Government of India, indicating the general lines
of future policy which they recommended to be
adopted in regard to Afghanistan. This letter
referred to Herat and Seistan, &c., in the following
language:—
* * * *
“ 7- In dealing with a disunited Afghanistan, the
more difficult problems are presented by the re
moter provinces. The value of Herat to India has
been long recognized; and hitherto the policy of
Her Majesty’s Government has been to keep it in
the hands of an independent Afghan State whose
interests on that frontier of Afghanistan were con
sidered to be identical with our own. But the
circumstances which dictated that policy have now
entirely changed; the Afghan States which we
maintained in possession of Herat have ceased to
exist; and it has become necessary to make without
delay, upon a different basis, some fresh dispositions
for the conservation of our interests in this im
portant fortress and province. It is obvious, how
ever, that the distance of Herat from India places
it beyond the ordinary range of our military
operations, and would, therefore, render difficult
the exercise of direct political control. The annex
ation of Herat to Kabul or Kandahar would neither
be popular at Herat, nor provide for the political
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This memorandum continues on from IOR/L/PS/18/C29/1. It includes transcripts of select telegrams sent by the Viceroy of India (Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton) to 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. between 1 January and 13 March 1880 on the subject of Persia and Herat. These telegrams convey the Viceroy's opinions concerning the cession of Herat and Seistan [Sīstān] to Persian control, and its impact on the settlement for Afghanistan.
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