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Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’ [198r] (406/434)
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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3
xvho was driving a lorry belonging to
K. B. Sheikh Faiz Mohammad of Meshed
to Duzdap, over turned it at a point near
Sihdeh about 36 miles north of Birjand.
^The man himself escaped injury, hut a
Persian cleaner who was with him was
rendered unconcious by the fall. Leaving
the boy for dead, Sobha Bam ran away
into the hills and solaced himself with
opium which he obtained by begging
from village to village. Finally, either
intentionally or otherwise, he took an over
dose and died at a village called Kkunik
eight miles east of the road.
As soon as he heard the news His
Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Birjand went to
Sihdeh and brought in the cleaner, who
was merely badly shaken and bruised and
has since recovered. The Khunik man
in whose house Sobha Bam died had also
been brought into Birjand by the Persian
police and the case is under investigation.
Sobha Bam, who was recently in the
service of His Majesty’s Consul-General,
Meshed, but had to be dismissed for in
competence, is reported to have been
weak in the head. There are many such
“ drivers *’ on the “ roads ” of East Persia,
and until the Persian Government intro
duces a proper system of licensing they
will continue to be a danger to the public
and a handicap to trade.
72. According to a Daruhi agent who
is in touch with merchants of Farah,
Afghanistan, the people of that district
are discontented with what they regard
as the subordination of the Herat authori
ties to the Soviet Government, and in
particular with the construction of a
telegraph line through their country.
The same agent mentions 14 Afghan
frontier posts along the Qainat border east
of Birjand, manned by detachments total
ling 402 rifles. Few of these posts has it
been possible to identify owing to the in
completeness of the maps available. The
Camp Birjand:
The 11th October 1927.
largest detachment, 100 strong, is at a
place called Islam Killa, regarding the
whereabouts of which further enquiries
are being made.
73. Karl Wilhelm Hoferle, alias Budolf
Hoferle, Austrian, regarding the grant of
a visa to whom His Majesty’s Consul-
General, Meshed has been in correspond
ence with the Government of India,
arrived in Birjand from Meshed on 16th
September. He lived on the Soviet agent,
Hoffmann (wrongly spelt Kaufmann in
previous references), for some days and
finally, w hen His Majesty’s Consul had
gone to Meshed, applied to His Majesty’s
Vice-Consul for a visa for India, which
was refused. He left for Duzdap on 27th
September arriving on the 30th and
applied to His Majesty’s Vice-Consul
there for a visa. This was refused and
the matter referred to the Government of
India.
If the man is a Soviet agent, he is an
extremely inefficient one.
74. Arpad Freundlich, Czechoslovakian,
aged 21 and Sandor Forstner, Hungarian,
aged 29, students of Ptfrague University,
arrived at Birjand on 28th September.
Freundlich, who spoke French and a little
Persian, informed His Majesty’s Consul
that he and his friend were doing a world
tour, but had very little money and had
to walk most of the way. Between Tehran
and Birjand they walked about half the
distance and obtained lifts on cars for the
other half. Their passports were more or
less in order, but their only visa after
Persia was for Japan. They appeared to
be quite harmless, and their conduct
while at Birjand was in no way suspici
ous. They left for Duzdap on 8th Octo
ber by car, having begged the price of two
seats from the Acting Governor, Shaukat-
ul-Mulk. The question of the grant to
them of visas for India has been referred
to Simla.
C. P. SKKINE, I.C.S.,
His Majesty's Consul for Sistan and Kain.
Distribution :—
(1) The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Simla.
(2) His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran.
(3) His Majesty’s Consul-General, Meshed.
(4) The Hon’ble the A. G. G. in Baluchistan, Quetta.
(5) His Majesty’s Consul, Kerman.
(6) The Intelligence Bureau, Quetta.
(7) Do. , Peshawar.
(8) The Hon’ble the Political Besident, Bushire.
(9) The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Chagai, Quetta.
(10) His Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Duzdap.
OIPD— 506 (c)F&PD -14-11-27-13.
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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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