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File 1377/1905 Pt 1 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Frontier Demarcation' [169r] (109/188)
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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From Viceroy, 18^ April 1905.
{Repeated to Sir A. Hardinge.)
Foreign Secret. My telegram of 6 th March. McMahon delivered his
Water Award to Persian and Afghan Commissioners on 10 th April. Award
has not been explained to Amir by Dane, who left Kabul before its delivery.
I shall now address him on the subject by letter.
From Viceroy to Sir A. llardinge, 18th April 1905.
{Repeated to Secretary oj State and Colonel McMahon.)
Foreign Secret. Your telegram to McMahon April 13th. Now that
McMahon has delivered Water Award, there is no special necessity to retain
him personally in Seistan, and Viceroy proposes, subject to concurrence of
Secretary of State, to allow him discretion to return to India if by end of
month Seistan and Mirjawa questions have not been settled on terms
approved by His Majesty’s Government. In this case Mission escort would
have to remain another summer. Viceroy earnestly hopes that you will do
your utmost to settle these questions before Shah’s departure, so that whole
Mission may be able to return before really hoc weather sets in.
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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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- File 1377/1905 Pt 1 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Frontier Demarcation'
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- 115r:208v
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