File 1377/1905 Pt 1 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Frontier Demarcation' [116r] (3/188)
The record is made up of 1 item (93 folios). It was created in Nov 1904-Oct 1921. 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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Prom - His Majesty’s Consul, Bista^a, I O O
To - The P oreign Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign and Political Department, Simla.
(Addsd. Minister, Teheran and Baluchistan)
Dated and received the 5th October 1921.
Priority.
Bo. 674-0 for information. Qase has arisen whether goods
comin 5 from India to nirjawa should pay customs duties there •
Local ^usboms Director referred matter to Director General. He
has already replied u a at such customs must be paid and Local
Director proposes establishing a Customs post at Mirjawa.
Prom - The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign and Political Department, Simla,
To «* His Dritannic Majesty T s Minister, Tehran.
(repeated to Sistan and Baluchistan).
No. 2467-S.
Dated the 27th October 1921.
Government of India would be glad of your observations on
consul Sistan r s telegram of 5th instant regarding Persian customs
post at Mirjawa.
From - The Agent t to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner
^ n in Baluchistan, Quetta,
^o - me foreign Secretary to the Government of India
No. 453-S in tlie J ‘ lor6lgn and p °litical Department, Delhi.
Dated and received the 31st October 1921.
lour telegram of the 27th October 2467-S Persian Sustoms
post at Mirjawa. My views are contained in my demi-official
letter to Bray 5388 October 21st.
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i -C-ATED loth w.-f
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Part 1 contains correspondence relating to the demarcation of the boundary in Baluchistan, between Persia, British India, and Afghanistan. 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, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:
- Colonel Arthur Henry McMahon, British Commissioner, Seistan [Sīstān] Arbitration Commission;
- Evelyn Grant Duff, British Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran;
- Arthur Henry Hardinge, British Minister, Tehran;
- Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan.
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- the definition of the border in the Seistan region and around Mirjawar [Mīrjāveh];
- the allocation of water resources;
- the export of grain from Persia to British frontier posts;
- customs duties on exports into British territory.
Folio 133 is a copy of the agreement concerning the border at Mirjawar and the export of grain, signed by Arthur Hardinge and the Persian Prime Minister (Mushir-ed-Dowleh) on 13 May 1905.
Several maps are included, as follows:
- map of Mirjawa and neighbourhood (folio 121);
- sketch map of Mirjawar (folio 122);
- three maps of the North-Western Trans-Frontier (including Seistan province) in various scales (folios 202, 203, and 204).
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