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File 1880/1904 Pt 2 'Perso-Afghan Frontier: - The Undemarcated portion. Afghan encroachments.' [‎72v] (149/240)

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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and killed in the attempt, and it was not till Nadir Shah himself came to Kain
that Baqir Khan tendered hia submission. After this, Baqir Khan served Nadir
Shah in India, and is said to have secured some of the Amarkot treasure.
For his services he was made Ba^lar Begi of Khurasan and Kerman.
The two sons of Mir Ismail Khan of Kain were taken to Meshed by Nadir
Shah, Mir Masum being subsequently sent back as Governor of Kain. The
other brother, Mir Alum, was one of Nadir Shah’s Generals, and after the latter’s
death he made a bid for the Governorship of Khorasan, but was defeated and
killed by Ahmad Shah. Kain and Sunni Khana after this became part of the
l)urani Empire under their own Governors.
After Ahmad Shah’s death, Kain, with Khorasan, is said to have come
under Muhammad Hassan Khan, Kajar, but Sunni Khana continued to pay
tribute to the Afghans. The allegiance of the two Khanates was still divided in
this way after Agha Muhammad Shah had become master of the whole of Persia
and had also annexed Khorasan. At this time, the Kain Ruler was Muhammad
Amir, while Sunni Khana was under Muhammad Rafi Kban II.
The former was succeeded by his brother Mir Asadulla Khan, who gov
erned Kain for about 50 years. Somewhere about the year 18-!0, be killed the
Khan of Sunni Khana by treachery and obtained possession of Fork, the chief
stronghold of this Khanate. Mirza Ismail Khan and Abdulla Khan of Sunni
Khana then fled to Herat where they afterwards took part in the fightim*
against the Persians in 1837. Sunni Khana did not come permanently under
the Ruler of Kain at this time, a peace between the two being concluded by
Asadulla Khan marrying the daughter of Mirza Rafi Khan II.
The latter was succeeded by his grandson, Muhammad Wali Khan (Mirza
Rafi Khan III), who was a child at the time of his grandfather’s murder.
Some years afterwards (the exact date I am unable to ascertain) an
attempt by Asadulla Khan to obtain payment of tribute from Muhammad Wali
Khan resulted in the latter going to Tehran, when he was granted a Khillat by
tht Shah and a subsidy of lonians oOO, to be deducted from the revenue which
was in futuie to be paid to Pcr>ia. On his return to Sunni Khana, Muhammcd
Wali Khan was murdered by Asadulla Khan’s orders, and Mirza Ismail
Khan became Chief of the Khanate, but the promise of payment of revenue by
the deceased Khan was not made good. * J
About tne year 1840, Kain was invaded by the Wali of Khorasan, Asaf-u-
Doulah. Mir Asadulla fled to Herat, leaving iiis son Mir fAlarn Khan and his
mother. When the Asaf-u-Doulah returned to Meshed, he left his son
Muhammad AH Khan as Goveruer of Kain, taking with him Mir 41am Khan
whom he imprisoned at xMeshed. Mir Asadulla made several attempts to regain
possession of Kain, but without success, and the Khorasan troops were onlv with
drawn m order to fight against the Shih’s forces d iring the Asaf-u-Doulah’s
rebellion. Asadulla assisted the Shah’s troops, and. on the Asaf-u-Doulah’s rebel
lion being crushed, returned to Kain.
After this, quarrels again broke out between Mir Asadulla and the Sunni
iana Chief, the principal cause of friction being the Turkoman raids which
the Uter was alleged to assist. ^ With the help of the Afghans, Mir Ismail
Khan made several raids on Kain territory#
ncr ft i*T^ 1 kt S A d f lll i! a finaU u * 1 ° Tehran to ask for the Shah’s assistance
against the Afghans, and about the year 1845 returned, bringing with him a
f ree from lehran. An appeal to the Afghans to help Sunni Khaua had no
result and the Julga finally came under Persian rule.
The Perso-Afghan War of 1«56 had but little bearing on the present issue
^.r though after the capture of Herat Lash was brought under the Amir of
Kaio, the status quo ante was restored by the Treaty of Paris.
In the present day, the Niabat of Julga Sunni Khana extends from
Hussainaoad, north of Duroh, to Gazik. «xienas irom
Kli*irf he " 18 MuIiammad Ibrallil n Khan of Darmian, son of Mir Ismail
The revenue is Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 4,932.

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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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