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File 1377/1905 Pt 1 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Frontier Demarcation' [‎199v] (170/188)

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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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6. The English version of the boundary agreement of Colonel Holdich'a
Mission includes the following clauses : —
tt p rom pillar 11 northwards the Talab river becomes the boundary to its
junction with the Mirjawa river.
“ From the point of junction it is carried by a straight line to the nearest
point on the watershed of‘the Mirjawa range, which limits the drainage into the
Mirjawa river on the north.
“Thence it follows the main watershed northwards to the highest point
of the Kacha Koh.
“ Erom the highest point of the Kacha Koh the line is carried straight
to the highest point of the Koh i-Malik &iah.
7. The Persian version of the above clauses, to which the British and
Persian Commissioners attached their signatures, reads somewhat differently,
i.e t , as follows : —
“ Erom pillar 11 to the north the Ru 1-i-Talab has been fixed as the
boundary to the junction of the Rud - i-Mirjawa, and from that place, in a
straight line to the nearest peak of the Mirjawa range which is the limit of all
the drainage from the north, to the Kud-i-Mirjawa, and from that place from
the top of the peak of the Kacha Koh being drawn from the direction of the
north will run to the end of height of the point of Kaoha Koh and from
that place being drawn in a straight line it will run to the highest point
of the Koh-i-Malik Siah.”
8. The Persian definition of the boundary by itself is unintelligible ; hut
we must remember that a signed map was given to the Persian Commissioner
illustrating the boundary.
9. The English version is intelligible, if we assume that, as shown by the
Agreement map, by the Mirjawa river the Dar-i-Ghiaban is meant. If there
is any Mirjawa river at all, it would appear to be the stream that flows down
from Ladis, and in that case the boundary line would take off on the west
bank of that river, and any attempt to reconcile its course onwards with the
definition becomes hopeless.
10. Assuming that by the Mirjawa river the Dar-i-Ghiaban was meant,
and that the junction of that river and the Talab river is the point where the
Talab river first begins to be called by that name, there is no difficulty in trac
ing a boundary line on the map in accordance with the English version of the
boundary Agreement.
11. It will simplify further explanations to draw this line forthwith, in
blue, on an accurate map,* i.e., Government of India North-West Trans-Erontier
mT ,, , , map of 4 miles=l inch, sheet Np. 14
ihlVetotr to Py io fh'udtw" N.-W., dated May 1902. Thia blue line,
thereon. from the junction of the Mirjawa and
A. H. McMahok. Talab rivers, a point to be decided here
after by local investigation on the spot, runs along the watershed from some
point abreast of Mirjawa, as follows:—
Through peaks 5998 and 5813, leaving Gurandi and Bug springs on the
right. Thence, in a curved course to peak 6977, and onwards in a figure of S,
leaving peak 7157 and the Mazawad and Bagh springs on the right, and Shorab
Pass on the left, it passes through the Bagaiwad Pass to Peak 7033. Thence,
turning north-east, it runs to peak 7714, which is the highest peak of Kacha
Koh. Erom here, according to the definition, the blue line of boundary runs
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straight to the highest point of the Koh-i-Malik Slab, i.e., peak 5392, on which
boundary pillar No. 186 of the Baluch-Afghan boundary is erected.
12. Erom the highest peak of Kacha Koh, to near Mirjawa, the boundary
line, as thus drawn, calls for but little remark, and is unobjectionable in itself.
/ Near Mirjawa, however, it presents difficulties, for the straiglit line from the
junction of the Mirjawa and Talab rivers “ to the nearest point of the water
shed ” is very likely to bring our Padaha post and well within Persian territory-
There is considerable danger of this being the case, vide paragraph 29 below.

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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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