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File 1377/1905 Pt 2 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Border Meetings' [27v] (50/224)
The record is made up of 1 item (111 folios). It was created in Dec 1903-Mar 1907. 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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with which 156 camels were claimed. The award directs the
restitution of 58 camels.
(5) An agreement under which the blood money claimable as com
pensation is fixed at Rs. d,000 in the case of Motabirs and
Rs. 1,500 in the case of common people.
(c) An agreement to facilitate the hearing of claims postponed until
the next meeting at Pishin.
(d) An agreement that the Saadmd-Daula, the Persian representative ,
will do his best within the ensuing six months to give effect to
the awards of this and previous meetings.
(e) An agreement that in six given cases the Saad-ud-Daula will do
his best before the next Peshin settlement to give effect to the
awards, which are of some years standing and for which he is
responsible.
(/') An agreement that in regard to the frontier forts of Magas and
Irafshan the demolition of the former and the occupation of the
latter by Persian troops, in accordance with the previous agree
ment made with the Governor of Kirman, should be carried out
before the next meeting by the officer of the Persian Government
entrusted with the settlement of the frontier.
6. The arrangements concluded at the agreement of 1905, regarding the
appearance of claimants at Bampur and the prohibition of British subjects from
lending money and selling to Persian subjects, which are referred to at the
close of paragraph 3 of letter from the Government of India, No. 3386-F.,
dated September 26, 1905, the last of which was a matter that should have
been reopened at the meeting and further discussed, would appear to have
escaped notice. The due action will be taken at the next meeting.
7. Captain McConaghey in paragraph 7 of his report draws attention to
the unsatisfactory position regarding the awards in connection with the Kuntdar
raid against Mir Shah Jahan Kurd of Magas and Mir Jiand Khan, Damani.
This raid was carried out in December, 1900, and the awards will be found in
Appendices L and M to Major Shower's printed Report, Part II, which forms
an enclosure to my predecessor’s letter No. 400-C., dated June 17, 1902.
It was agreed or arranged in the various agreements of Pebruary 1902 that
the Magas Port should not be rebuilt without the permission of the Persian
authorities and that the Irafshan Port should be occupied by Persian troops
who would not be withdrawn without a reference by the Government of
Persia to that of India. These arrangements have not been effective as the
Magas Chief has rebuilt his fort and the Irafshan Port has not been garrisoned.
However, under the agreement of the recent meeting which I have summarised
the officer who will be deputed by the Persian Government to settle the fron
tier affairs of Baluchistan at the next meeting six months later is to be made
responsible for carrying out the agreement regarding these forts so that the
question may not cause further complaints from the British representatives at
the next meeting and that the agreement made between the two Governments
may be carried out.
©. inns at me recent meeting a good deal of rough and ready work has
been got through of a kind that is suited to this remote and inhospitable portion
of the bord.er over which on the Persian side the officials of the Government
have-not succeeded in establishing a firm and continuous control. Eyerv
meeting however marks the attainment of a further stage in the slow but steadv
progress that is being made towards better Government and more settled
administration. The next meeting is to take place, under arrangements locallv
agreed to m January next which is not now distant. The local officers on Path
sides have agreed to steps which seem likely to make the next meetin- more
useful, to accelerate progress in the settlement of old awards and to brin^ n«w
cases under joint tribal arbitration. The important Magas and Irafshan Pnr+
questions have been taken up in the manner which I'have described Thl
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Part 2 contains correspondence relating to meetings between Persian and British officials to address matters of dispute and to promote order along the frontier zone. The correspondence is between the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Viceroy of India, Foreign Office, and 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, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:
- the Persian Prime Minister (Mushir-ed-Dowleh);
- Major Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire;
- Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan;
- British Consul at Kerman;
- 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. , Kalat;
- British Chargé d'Affaires (later, Minister), Tehran;
- Director of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Telegraphs, a division of the Indo-European Telegraph Department of the British Government;
- Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Mekran [Makran].
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- the question of a garrison of Persian troops at Irafshan [Īrafshān];
- the demolition of a fort at Magas;
- British opinion of the incoming Governor-General of Kerman and Governor of Baluchistan;
- proposals for closer ties between British authorities in Kerman and those in Baluchistan;
- the arrangement of annual meetings between Persian and British officials to discuss frontier matters;
- the outcome of these meetings for the years 1905 and 1906;
- the postponement of the 1907 meeting owing to unrest in Dizak following the death of the Shah of Iran (Muẓaffari’d-Dīn Shāh Qājār);
- the question of political control over the Mekran border;
- the case of Persian government official, Mir Ahmad Khan, entering British territory in pursuit of tribesmen who were allegedly avoiding the payment of taxes.
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