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File 1377/1905 Pt 1 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Frontier Demarcation' [‎152v] (76/188)

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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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carrying equipment being very worn out, I have decided to return by trade
route. ^Latter also offers great advantages in matter of postal and telegraph
facilities.
>]nclosure No. 39.
Telegram, dated Seistan, the loth (despatched from Robat on 15th) May 1905.
From— Colonel A. H. McMahon, C.S.I, C.I.E., British Commissioner, Seistan
Arbitration Commission, Seistan,
To— Sir A. Hardinge, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
Tehran ; repeated to the Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Please see Government of India telegram, 6 th May. I have made all
arrangements for return journey and propose to start on 15th May, if I receive
necessary intimation from you in time.
Addressed to Sir A. Hardinge; repeated to Government of India.
Enclosuee No. 10.
Telegram, No. 91, dated the 13th May 1905.
From—S ir A. Hardingk, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
Tehran,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla.
I have sent the following message to the Eoreign Office, London, and have
repeated it to Colonel McMahon:— Begins. Please refer to my telegram
No. 57 and your telegram No. 45, regarding the Bunder Abbas telegraph, and
Mirjawa. I have just signed with Mushir-ed-Dowleh an agreement respecting
Bunder Abbas telegraph extension and grain export to the Indian frontier.
'1 he former is identical with that sent to the Poreign Office in my despatch
No. 6 t, dated 29th March, plus provision for Persian Office at Henjam and
English telegraphist for State messages at Bunder Abbas.
Latter stipulates ( 1 ) withdrawal of our claim to Mirjawa and our right to
obtain water from tank or wells at Mirjawa or near. ( 2 ) Abandonment by
both Governments of proposed re-examination of boundary line in that region
which is declared to be definitely settled, and respecting which no further claim
will be made. (3) Permission to people of Duzdab, Ladis, and Mirjawa to sell-
supplies to our frontier outposts up to 700 Tabriz Khar wars of grain a year,
and unrestricted annual export from Seistan of 1,500 Tabriz Khar wars of grain
and 50 of ghi for Robat post and Nushki road, that is, 2,200 Kharwars a year.
Exports are liable to Custom duties levied on those of most-favoured-nation.
Provision applies to all normal years, but will not be complied with from any
locality which can be shown to be actually suffering from famine due to
destruction of crops by locusts, blight, or other exceptional visitations.
As McMahon was pressing to start on the 15th May, and you had told me
to get the best terms I could, I signed, without referring to you, several details
in which Persians had modified my original draft, but have put in a reservation
enabling His Majesty’s Government, if it disapproves of these modifications,
to withhold its assent from the arrangement. Ends.
Enclosure No. 41.
Telegram, dated Seistan, the 14th (despatched from Robat on 16th) May 1905.
From— Colonrl A. H. McMahon, C.S.I., C.I.E., British Commissioner, Seistan
Arbitration Commission, Seistan,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Simla.
My telegram of 13th May. Eollowing from Sir A. Hardinge received
to-day -.—Begins. You may start 15th May. Ends. We start to-morrow.
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Enclosure No. 42.
Telegram, No. 1745 F., dated the 19th May 1905.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
Your telegram, 4th May. The Seistan Mission started back on 15th
for India.
May

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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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