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File 1377/1905 Pt 1 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Frontier Demarcation' [133r] (37/188)
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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Inclosure 1 in No. 1 .
Agreement respecting Mirjawar Frontier, fyc.
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Agreement between the Governments of His Majesty the King of Great Britain and
Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith,
Emperor of India; and His Imperial Majesty the Shahinshah of Persia, for the
settlement of certain outstanding questions on the frontier of Persia and India.
HIS Excellency the Mushir-ed-Dowleh, Minister for Foreign Affairs of His
Majesty the Shah of Persia, and Sir A. Hardinge, K.C.B., His Britannic Majesty’s
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'.
at Tehran, duly authorized thereto
by their respective Governments have concluded the following Agreement:—
1 . His Britannic Majesty’s Government withdraw the claim to the ownership of
Mirjawar. put forward on its behalf in the year 1902, when a Persian custom-house
was first established at that place. The Persian Government on its side undertakes to
permit the British outpost at Padaha to procure (using buckets or waterskins for the
purpose) the supply of water which may be necessary for it from the wells or tank
situated at or near Mirjawar.
2. The two Governments agree by common consent to abandon the further
examination by a Special Commission of their frontier line in this region which was
proposed on behalf of His Britannic Majesty’s Government in Sir A. Hardinge’s note
to the Mushir-ed-Dowleh, dated the 6 th April, 1902, and accepted by his Excellency
in his note to Sir A. Hardinge of the 14th May, 1902. This frontier shall be definitely
settled in accordance with the Agreement of 1896, and no further claim shall be made
in respect of it.
3. With a view to the increase of friendly relations the Persian Government will
permit the inhabitants of the frontier villages of Mirjawar, Ladis, and Duzdab to sell
supplies, should they be willing to do so (to the annual amount of 700 Tabreez kharwars
of grain), to the neighbouring British outposts on the Indian side of the frontier, and
will also allow the unrestricted export of 1,500 Tabreez kharwars of grain and 50
Tabreez kharwars of ghee annually from Seistan for the use of the British frontier
station of Robat Killah and other stations along the Nushki route. All the exports
of grain and ghee will be liable to the payment of the customs duty levied on those of
the most favoured nation. It is understood that this provision applies to normal
years, and that the British Government will not demand the specified export ol
grain from one of the localities mentioned when such locality can be clearly shown to
be suffering from actual famine owing to destruction of its crops by locusts, blight, or
other exceptional visitation.
Done at Tehran on the 13th day of May, in the year 1905.
(Seal.) (Signed) ARTHUR H. HARDINGE.
(Seal.)
Signature of the Mushir-ed-Dowleh.
The Undersigned, His Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary, hereby declares that in signing the Mirjawar Agreement of the 13th
May without reference to His Majesty’s Government of the alterations m the original
text introduced in compliance with the orders from His Majesty the Shah of the
12th May in order not to cause further delay in the withdrawal ol the Boundary
Commission from Persian territory he reserves the right of His Majesty’s Government,
should it not accept the amendments in question, to withhold its assent to the
Agreement.
(Signed) ARTHUR H. HARDINGE.
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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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