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File 1880/1904 Pt 2 'Perso-Afghan Frontier: - The Undemarcated portion. Afghan encroachments.' [48v] (101/240)
The record is made up of 1 volume (113 folios). It was created in 1905-1912. 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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(I have no papers in mv office prior to the year 1891) ; but I observe references to
an assurance given by"the Persian Government in the year 1888, that although
they maintain their claim to these disputed regions they would preserve the stajws
auo unaltered. Alter that General Mac Lean refers to the dispute in 1891; and, in
1895. the Consul-General of Meshed reports complaints of encroachments at
Musabad made to him by the Karguzar of Meshed.
In 1897, "the Consul-General of Meshed reported an affair between Afghans and
Russian Cossacks at Musabad ; which, although it subsequently appeared that the
rumours were unfounded, gave rise to correspondence with the Amir, etc.
In 1903, the Persian Government complained to His Britannic Majesty’s
Minister of Afghan encroachments across the Khorasan border in the Khaf
district.
In 1904, the Consul-General, Meshed, reported that in a conversation with the
Kashif-ul-Mulk, a Persian engineer on special duty on that frontier, the latter had
informed him that in his opinion Musabad was indisputably Persian territory, etc.,
and a fresh complaint was made to His Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Tehran
by the Persian Government.
In 1906, there is correspcndence regarding alleged murders of Persians at Yaz-
dan (which lies to the south of the Namaksar Lake) ; and the frontier is
reported to be much disturbed.
In 1907, the Persian Government again complained to His Britannic
Majesty’s Minister at Tehran regarding Afghan encroachments at Musabad.
In 1908, the Persian Government complained to His Britannic Majesty’s
Minister that Afghan horsemen have penetrated 40 miles within the Persian
frontier.
In 1909, the Persian Government twice renewed their complaints regarding
Musabad.
In 1910, the Persian Foreign Minister again addressed His Britannic Majesty’s
Minister on the subject.
4. Even so brief a resume of the history of the case (apart altogether from the
prolonged corrt spondence which these incidents have led to with the Amir, the
Home Government, etc., the report of the various officers on this section of the iron-
tier, and so on) would seem to indicate that the Musabad difficulty is one which
has been clamouring for solution for a great many years past, and is of a nature
liable at any moment to lead to regrettable breaches of the peace and serious
international complications. Nor can it be said that its settlement has been
delayed by the refusal of either party concerned to look facts in the face and to
submit this case to arbitration. In 1904, the Consul-General, Meshed, reported
that the Kashif-ul-Mulk (to whom reference has been made above in paragraph 3)
strongly recommended a definition of this portion of the frontier without delay, and
had suggested to Tehran that two delegates one from Persia and one from the
British Government—should visit Musab/d . . . and settle the boundary between
pillar No. 39, and the southern bank of the Namaksar Lake. To this proposal
the Government of India agreed, and indeed obtained the permission of the
British Government to approach the Amir with the object of securing his consent
to the despatch of an Afghan representative to meet the Persian and British
representatives on the spot. This proposal was never actually made to the Amir,
tut in March 1905, the Amir himself spontaneously proposed to Sir Louis Dane
(then at Kabul) that the British Government should appoint an arbitrator for
the settlement of the Musabad dispute. And now the Persian Government
have again addressed your Excellency on the matter regarding our intervention
between the two parties concerned. It will be seen, therefore, that although no
steps have hitherto been taken to bring about a ra'p'prochement between Afghans
and Persians in this question, or to define the disputed tract, there is (or at any
rate has been at one time or another) entire unanimity in thinking that steps
should be taken to terminate so undesirable a state of affairs and even as to the
method by which this result should be brought about.
5. I do not propose to weary you with further remarks on this matter, but
merely to invite your attention to the conclusion to which the perusal of tne papers
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The volume contains information on the undemarcated portion of the frontier between Afghanistan and Persia (north of Siah Koh) during the period 1905-1912. The papers consist of copies of Government of India printed memoranda (with accompanying minute sheets of the Secret Department), dispatches, telegrams, minutes, and maps.
The papers include: information relating to the frontier (reports, correspondence and map) compiled by Captain Terence Humphrey Keyes, His Britannic Majesty's Consul at Turbat-i-Haidari, 1905-06; reports by Major Roger Lloyd Kennion, His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Seistan [Sīstān] and Kain [Kūh-e Kā’īn], 1907-09, including genealogical tree entitled 'Haji Mir Muhtasham Gilani, Meshedi, Misri, Ulvi, and Husaini' (folio 60); papers concerning Afghan encroachments between Hashtadan and the Namaskar Lake, 1908-10, including report (folios 48-50) by Major William Frederick Travers O'Connor, His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Seistan and Kain; further papers on alleged Afghan encroachments, 1910-12, including correspondence between the Viceroy (Lord Hardinge) and the Foreign Secretary (Sir Edward Grey); and discussion of the occupation of Meshed by Russian troops, 1912.
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (113 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 1880 (Perso-Afghan Frontier) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/52-53. The volumes are divided into two parts with each part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 115; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:38r, 39r, 40r:54r, 55r:117v, back-i
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