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File 1377/1905 Pt 2 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Border Meetings' [‎34v] (64/224)

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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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Any meeting so arranged should take place at some place in the interior,
and not at Charbar or elsewhere within the sphere of the Director of Telegraphs
who would have to arrange for his own meeting at Charbar through the
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and His Majesty’s Legation as heretofore.
m That the frontier meeting in its present form should be abolished
altogether and that the Assistant 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. , Panjgur, or other
selected officer, should be deputed each cold weather to travel
in Mekran, and that the Director of Telegraphs and the Nazim
should send their respective cases to him for disposal during his
* Assistant 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. , Mekran, to Political tOUt, as Suggested in Captain McCon«
Agent, Kaiat, No. 17 -C. p., dated 15 th June ic,os. aghey’s report* marginally cited. This
proposal seems to differ little from one made by Colonel Stewart of which the
t Paragraph 5 of enclosure to letter from Re- Go\ ernment of India are already incident-
•ident to Foreign Department No. 2 x 03 , dated ally aware.'j*
9 th September 1906 .
In this connection I note that the Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor-
General in Baluchistan in his letter No. 645, dated 17th August
1906, to the Government of India writes that Captain McConaghey
“ suggests that also cases from the Per so-Baluchistan littoral for
settlement at the Border Meeting might with advantage be placed
before the Meeting by him ; ” but as worded in his report of
15th June Captain McConaghey's suggestion reads to me as
contemplating the abolition altogether of the meeting as at
present constituted j and Colonel Stewart at Kerman arrives at
the same conclusions on slightly different premises.
The Kaiat meeting however is a question which the Government of
India will no doubt consider in communication with the Hon’ble
the Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan.
5. Looking at the matter from the point of view of the Director, Persian
Gulf Telegraphs, I am inclined to think that failing a decision to continue the
present combined meetings, the maintenance of the time-honoured arrangement
under which every year he or his deputy has met a Persian representative at
Charbar will probably suit him best, as being of a more regular and permanent
nature than the tours of a special officer in Mekran are likely to prove. At the
same time he would no doubt be glad of any assistance which the latter could
give to his cases while on tour, by pressing various Mirs for the payment of
sums due by them. r J
6. I am sending Mr. Whitby Smith a copy of this communication for an
expression of his views on this point and I will put Government in possession of
them as soon as they reach me.
Meanwhile, pending instructions from the Government of India
forwarding a copy to the Legation. ’
I am not
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
P. Z, COX, Major,
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. m the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
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august 1900 .
From-LIEUTENANT-COWNEL W.H.M. STEWART, I.A., His Majesty's Consul,
. 0 —The First Assistant 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.
forwarded* yo^rdo^rntr^^ 7 th July ™ r 6 es P ondence

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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:

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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