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File 1377/1905 Pt 1 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Frontier Demarcation' [148r] (67/188)
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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Telegram, No 732 F., dated the 27th February 1905.
From— The Foreign Secretary, Calcutta,
To—C olonel A. H. McMahon, C.S.I., C.I.E., British Commissioner, Seistan
Arbitration Commission.
Mv telegram 194 F., 13th January. Following sent to Secretary of State
and repeated to Sir A. Hardinge, to-day -.—Begins. My telegram, 3rd January,
* * * accordingly. Ends.
K '‘*" * 5 . Telegram, No. 37, dated the 1st March 1905.
From— Sib A. Hardinge, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty's Minister
Tehran,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London ; repeated to the
Foreign Secretary, Calcutta.
Please refer to the telegram, dated the 27th February 1905, from the
Foreign Department, Government of India. I see no reason why Colonel
McMahon should delay his award. I can arrange quite well for the recognition
here of his continued functions as Commissioner until the question of the
Mirjawa boundary is settled. Addressed to His Majesty’s Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs; repeated to Colonel McMahon.
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[Extract.)
Telegram, No. 43, dated the 13th March 190o.
From—S ib A. Hardinge, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
Tehran,
rp 0 jjj s Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London (repeated to the
Foreign Secretary, Calcutta.
Please refer to the despatch from the Government of India, dated the 22nd
Deceaiher 1904 As Persian Gvernment is still evading compliance with our
demands respecting, firstly, Urumia incidents; secondly, attack on Military
Attache * and thirdly, Governorship of Seistan, I am applying pressure suggested
rthe last pa-graph of my telegmm No. 29, dated the 8 th March 1905.
I have asked for an audience of His Imperial Ma jesty tlm Shah, whose
ohiections are alleged by His Ministers as their excuse; but if this proves
ineffectual, I propose to inform the Persian Government that we shall settle
these matters for ourselves on the following lines, inasmuch as the use of force,
such as the despatch of ships to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to enforce our rights, would
presumably at the present juncture in Asiatic politics he inconvenient.
* “ * * * * * *
Secondly. As regards Seistan, till adequate securities are given for our
interests there, we shall retain Colonel McMahon, or whoever relieves him,
with his force to protect them, if necessary, on the analogy of the Russian
Commissioner at Gumbad-i-Kabus ; and (2) decline further discussion as to the
Miriawa boundary, and reserve and exercise our right to occupy such places
alon w it as we deem our own interpretation of the Holdich Agreement entitles
us to hold: in other words, if w r e choose, Colonel McMahon s red line.
*******
* * In these matters the Persian Government is not so much unfriendly
as feeble, penniless, and therefore dilatory, but it can with an effort afford us
satisfaction, and I think with the Government of India that the time has come
when we should force 'it to do so. Please inform me as soon as possible
whether this course is approved by Your Lordship. The sooner I now act the
better.
Addressed to Lord Lansdowne, and repeated to the Secretary to the Gov
ernment of India in the Foreign Department.
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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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