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File 1377/1905 Pt 4 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Garrisons at Kacha and Robat' [158r] (315/320)
The record is made up of 1 item (160 folios). It was created in 1906-1915. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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Enclosure No. 1.
Telegram, No. 7, dated the 4th January 1906,
From— E. M. Grant Duff, Esq., His Britannic Majesty's Charge d'Affaires, Tehran,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Calcutta.
I have received the following telegram from the Foreign Office, London,
to-day “ You should concert with the Government of India and the Consul-
General, Bushire, the best means of ensuring that a force should be available,
in the event of necessity arising, for despatch to Tehran, or any other part of
Persia, with the least possible delay. The object must be confined to the
rescue of British subjects and the protection of their lives in emergency”.
I would suggest that troops he held in readiness at Karachi. Could you
place a detachment of troops on the Seistan frontier should necessity arise ?
Repeated to Major Cox.
Enclosure No. 2.
{Extract.)
Telegram, dated the 30th January 1906.
From—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Calcutta.
Your telegram of 24th January. Your proposals are approved as to
* * * immediate despatch of double company native infantry to Robat
with arms for Consulates.
Enclosure No. 3.
No. 1327-Accts., dated Simla, the 27th September 1906.
From—The Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Finance Depart
ment (Military Finance),
To—The Controller of Military Accounts, Western Command.
In reply to your letter No. A.B.—4516 E., dated the 24th April 1906,
enquiring the grant and head of account under “ 46—Army” to which the
extra charges on account of the Robat escort should be compiled, I have the
honour to say that the charges in question are to be regarded as civil, and will
he finally adjusted by the Comptroller of India Treasuries, under “ 25—
Political”. All extra charges in connection with this escort which have been
compiled in the army accounts should, therefore, now be transferred by debit
to the Comptroller, India Treasuries.
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Part 4 contains correspondence relating to British garrisons at Robat and Kacha. The correspondence is between the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Viceroy of India, the Foreign Office, and 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. . Included as enclosures are letters and telegrams from the following:
- War Office;
- Secretary to the Treasury, London;
- British Consul for Seistan [Sīstān] and Kain;
- Indo-European Telegraph Departments;
- Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Chagai;
- Agent to Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan.
The papers cover several matters, including:
- the question of whether the Imperial or Indian treasuries are responsible for the cost of the garrisons at Robat and Kacha;
- the need to reinforce garrisons owing to the arms traffic between the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Afghanistan;
- plans to strengthen the Consulate in Seistan;
- plans to improve quarters at Robat;
- the regular relief of detachments serving at Robat and Kacha between 1911 and 1914.
Folios 98-103 contain architectural plans for improvements at the Seistan Consulate.
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