File 1880/1904 Pt 2 'Perso-Afghan Frontier: - The Undemarcated portion. Afghan encroachments.' [‎88r] (180/240)

No. 199S-F., dated Simla, tbe 28tli June 1906.
Eodorsed by the Government ot India in tbe Foreign Department.
A coot of the marginally noted letter is forwarded to the Chief of the stall,
A copy oi mem D y { 0 r information, in continuation of the
MW wc” »ia endorsement from the Government of
enclosure. India in the Poreign Department (add-
ressed to the Intelligence Branch), No. 103S-F., dated the 28th March 1906.
memorandum.
The papers specified in the margin were transmitted to the Secretary,
p p p Political and Secret Department, India
Perso-Afghan B™ndary.__ ; office, London, for the information of
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for
India, under cover of the Poreign Secre
tary’s letter No. 26-M. } dated the 28th June 1906.
Letter from Captain Keyes, His Britannic Majesty's
Consul, Turbat-i-Haidari, No. 21-P., dated the 5th
May 1900, with enclosures.
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No. 2'207-F., dated Simla, the 14th July 1906.
-The Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Depart
ment,
rp 0 Captain T. Ketes, His Britannic Majesty’s Consul, Turhat-i-Haidari.
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 21-P., dated
the 5th May 1906, submitting a note on the undemarcated portion of the
Perso-Afghan frontier.
2. The care with which the note and map illustrating it have been pre
pared is, I am to say, appreciated by the Government of India. I am, however,
to convey the following remarks concerning the boundary shown on the map :
(i) According to General Maclean’s report on the demarcation, copies of
which and of the accompanying map are forwarded for information, the fron
tier is not sliown as having been demarcated as far as Robat-i-Turk but up to
pillar 39. The map accompanying your report should therefore be altered
accordingly.
(ii) It is not understood why the boundary in the region of the Nimaksar
is described by a curved line, as it is well known that the Afghans collect salt
from this lake and hold possession right up to the eastern shore of it. Unless,
therefore, you possess information to justify the curved line above the Nimak
sar would it not be better to indicate the probable boundary towards pillar No.
39, or Palang Ao as the case may be, by a straight line through the Nimaksar
and thence up the Sargardan stream leading past Musabad, which was it is un
derstood claimed as the boundary by the Afghans and is in their possession.
The Kashif-ul-mulk, a Persian Surveyor who reported on the boundary in 1904,
admitted Afghan possession to the Nimaksar hut claimed the Siintik*i-
Zangillao range as the boundary.
3. The map is accordingly returned for such modification as may he
T noQ , M ag mi necessary in tbe light of tbe foregoing
secret f., January 1905 , Nos. 190 - 256 . remarks. A copy ot the proceedings
Secret f., June 1905 , Nos. 2 U- 22 . noted in the margin is also forwarded for
your perusal and return when no longer required. It is important that the
line showing the limits of actual occupation should be as accurate as possible,
and the papers now forwarded may, it is hoped, assist you in correcting that
portion of it which is not based on your personal observation.
No. 2208-F.
Endorsed by the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
A copy of the foregoing letter is forwarded to the Chief of the Staff, for
information, in continuation of tbe endorsement from the Government of India
in the Eoreign Department, No 1998-P., dated the 23th June 1906.
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