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File 1880/1904 Pt 2 'Perso-Afghan Frontier: - The Undemarcated portion. Afghan encroachments.' [‎59r] (122/240)

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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Shah’s troops. Mir Asadulla shortly after this [about 1265 H. (1848)] went to
Tehran, and during his absence a formidable raid (or invasion) which forms an
interesting story, but too long to detail here, was made on Kain territory by
Afghans and Hazaras under Bahbud Khan, and an attempt was made to capture
Mir Alam Khan. The Afghans however were outmanoeuvred and 22 Afghan
heads were sent to Mohamed Shah at Tehran, resulting in Mir Alam being
made Sarhang. Another Afghan raid was made shortly afterwards, in which
Idle Afghans looted Zirkuh among other places. According to the “ Nasik-ul-
Tawarikh” , Mir Alam Khan drove out the Afghans and recovered the
captured property at Kabuda, which is pescribed as “close to Afghan terntory”.
Heads were as usual sent to Tehran.
In 1268 H. (1851), Sultan Murad Mirza, Hissam-ul-Sultaneh, despatched
a force with guns from Tehran under Sartip Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Khan for the final subjection
of Sunni-Khana. The strong and very picturesque fort at Furk, which has
always been the Sunni-Khans* stronghold, was taken and Mirza Rafi Khan
fled to Herat. Mir Alam Khan was again rewarded for his services. On Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Khan’s return to Tehran, he left a garrison at Furk. Sunni-Khana thus came
finally under Persian rule and was incorporated in the province of Kain. The
chief of Sunni-Khana, Mohamed Wall Khan (Rafi Khan III), having failed
to get help from Herat, went to Tehran and being recommended by Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Khan, who was also a Sunni, was made Governor of Sunni-Khana under the
Amir of Kain with an assignment on its revenues of Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 500. On his way
back from Tehran, he was murdered at Saman by an emissary of the Kain chief #
He was succeeded as Khan of Sunni-Khana by Haji Mir Ismail Khan.
From this time however the Sunni-Khana chiefs have owned themselves
feudatory to the Amir of Kain, and though their sympathies undoubtedly turn
towards Afghanistan rather than Persia, there has never been any question as
to which side their allegiance was due.
In the last Persian invasion of the Herat province Mir Alam Khan took
a prominent part. The results of this war however have little bearing on the
present issue, for though after the capture of Herat Alam Khan was rewarded
with the Governorship of parts of Farrah, the status quo ante was restored by
the Treaty of Paris.
Duroh.
Very little is known of even the recent history of Duroh.
A sanad issued in the reign of Shah Abbas shows that the hereditary
Katkhuda of the place at that time was one Mulla Ali Shah. The Akhund
family of Duroh and the Duroh people known as “ Mulla All’s” both claim
this individual as their ancestor.
The present NaiVs family is sprung from the Khoja brothers that are said
to have come from Bokhara during Shah Sufi’s reign. It is not known at what
time the family obtained the chiefship of Duroh, but it is believed that till about
Mir Asadulla’s time, on account of their connection with the Khans of Sunni-
Khana, they were independent of Kain.
The Durohis say they became Shiahs 300 years ago.
In the battle of Neh about 1263 H. (1846), in which Mir Asadulla of
Kain with the help of the Sistanis defeated the Asaf-ud-Dowleh’s son, the
Duroh chief Khoja Mohamed Raza was fighting with Mahomed Hassan Khan
of Neh on the losing side. The Durohis were afterwards disarmed by Mir
Asadulla and since that time have been subject to the Amirs of Kain.

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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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