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File 1377/1905 Pt 2 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Border Meetings' [‎43v] (82/224)

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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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Telegram, No. 1, dated the 19th January 1907.
From —Major C. T. Ducat, Consul at Kerman,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Calcutta.
Owing to disturbed state of the country Governor-General is nervous
about weakening his garrison, and would like the frontier meeting postponed if
convenient. Addressed Tehran; repeated to Foreign, Calcutta, and Agent to
the Governor-General, Baluchistan.
Telegram, No. 20 , dated tha 21st (received 22nd) January 1907.
From— Sir C. Spring Rice, K.C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Tehran,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Calcutta.
Please see telegram from Consul, Kerman of the 18 th ( 19 th ?) January.
Persian Government ask for postponement of meeting to next year using
similar arguments. Let me know what your wishes are in the matter.
Repeated to Major Ducat.
No. 271 F., dated Fort William, the 25th January 1907.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
To— Sir C. Spring-Rick, K.C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran.
In continuation of my letter No. 54 F„ dated the 7 th January 1907,1
made by the Persian Government that all cases remaining unsettled after the
coming meeting should be dealt with at Kerman by the Governor, the Karguzar
and His Majesty’s Consul on Mirza Mahmud Khan’s return.
2. I am to say that the Government of India concur with the Hon’ble
Mr. Tucker that the consideration of this proposal may be deferred until after
the termination of the next annual meeting.
No. 272 F., dated Fort William, the 25th January 19-07.
Endorsed by Foreign Department.
A copy of the foregoing letters is forwarded to the 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.
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the Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, regarding the suggestion
am directed to forward, for your inform
ation, a copy of a letter from the Hon’ble
, C.I.E., Officiating Agent to the G-ovemor-Oeneral
in Baluchistan, No. 233, dated the 12th January
1907. J
in continuation of tbe endorsement from
the Government of India in the Foreign
Department, No. 53 F., dated the 7 th
January 1907 .
To His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
No. 271 IT., dated the 25th January 1907.
Tarawa Offiee Psesa—Nov 28.2-07—84.

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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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