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Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’ [‎153v] (317/434)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (213 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1927-25 Oct 1933. 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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date palms. Burnt bricks are being used
freely for the street facades and for the
construction of various public buildings
which are already taking shape, notably
the municipal Offices, public baths and
girls’ school. It is satisfactory to note
that the picturesque palm-fringed ruins
of Mir Alam Khan’s citadel are not
being destroyed, as was at first proposed,
hut "(possibly as a result of earnest re
presentations by His Majesty s Consul)
are being preserved in the middle of the
new town and used to house the Amnieh
headquarters.
135. More than 1,000 workmen are
employed daily on the work at a rate of
kransi'25 (about 6 annas) per diem. In
addition to the large sums allotted for
the new town, the Municipality has just
been granted an increase of Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 2,000
in its hitherto ridiculously small budget.
Altogether Sistan is at the moment receiv
ing an unwonted degree of attention from
the capital, a fact which has given rise
to rumours that the Shah intends shortly
to visit Sistan as well as “ Iranshahr
as soon as Host Muhammed has been
brought to book.
The more thoughtful members of the
community not unnaturally comment on
the Government’s policy of squander
ing the Sistan taxpayer’s money on town-
pl^ihing instead of an productive works
such as roads and canals. Numbers of
poor shopkeepers and others whose
homes have been destroyed over their
heads without compensation feel even
more strongly on the subject.
136. Foreign Travellers .—Of several
foreigners who have passed through
Duzdap during November-December the
only one worthy of mention is M. Andor
Parkas, Hungarian, who arrived from
Quetta on 11th December. This person
stated to the Trade Assistant that he left
Hungary on 20th October and travelled
via Cairo and Bombay to Peshawar with
the intention of visiting Kabul. Owm^
to the disturbances he was not permittea
to proceed, so he came round to Quetta
with the intention of entering Afghanistan
via Chaman. The Afghan passport
officer however, refused him a visa and he
w T as therefore obliged to return to Europe
via Tehran.
M. Parkas said that in 1915 he was
serving in the Austrian army against the
Bussians and was taken prisoner. After
only a fortnight in detention he escaped
and found his way to Kabul where he re
mained for 5 years before returning to his
own country. He is now a police officer
and a member of the Pire Brigade of his
home town, Puzes-gyarmat. He holds
letters of recommendation from the
Central Committee of the Pire Brigade
organization of Hungary and from the
Director of the Hungarian National
Museum at Budapesth. He states that
the sole objects of his travels are ( 1 ) col
lection of antiquities, manuscripts, etc., ( 2 )
ethnological study and photography, (3)
study of the Pire Brigades in different
countries.
He appears however to be somewhat
politically-minded, for at the house of
the Governor in the presence of several
Persian officers he expressed strong
opinions on the subject of the British
being at the bottom of the present distur
bance in Afghanistan It will be interest
ing to see whether he really goes to
Tehran, or whether he makes another
attempt at Meshed, with the help perhaps
of the Soviet Consul General, to enter
Afghanistan.
C. P. SKRINE, I.C.S.,
His Majesty’s Consul, Sistan and Kaim
Sistan ;
The 12th January 1929.
Usual Distribubution.
G1PD—li 69(0} FiPD—28.1-29—12.

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Printed copies of monthly reports submitted by the British Consul at Sistan and Kain [Ka’īn] (Clarmont Percival Skrine; Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly).

The reports provide information on: the region’s trade; locust observations and movements (occasionally appearing as an appendix to the main report); affairs of the Persian Government and Persian military ; the movements of British consular officials; local affairs at the region’s towns, including Sistan, Birjand, Sarhad (in Persian Baluchistan) and Duzdap [Zahedan]; roads and railways; Afghan affairs; the activities of Soviet Russian Government representatives in the region, including the dissemination of Soviet propaganda; and the movements of foreigners, in particular Europeans and Russians.

Minute papers are enclosed with each report, which frequently contain handwritten notes made by 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. staff, making reference to numbered paragraphs from the report.

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1 volume (213 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The monthly reports are arranged into subjects and paragraphs, with each new subject given a number. For the years 1928 to 1931 the subjects begin at 1 for the first subject in the first report for January, and run until the end of the December report. From 1932, the subject numbers restart at 1 in each monthly report.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 209; 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.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the four leading and ending flyleaves.

An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 35-209; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.

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