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'Seistan. Revenue Report and Notes of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume II. Part V - Appendices and Glossary.' [‎9v] (23/380)

The record is made up of 1 volume (186 folios). It was created in 1906. 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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APPENDIX 3.
CONTENTS.
Thearbitral Award on the Seistan water question.
Preliminary remark?—The award—Coyrring letter from the British Commissioner
to the Afghan Commissioner—Covering letter from the British Commissioner
to the Persian Commissioner.

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The second volume of reports produced by the Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission, Seistan [Sīstān], and submitted to the Government of India, Foreign Department. Publication statement: Simla: Government of India Foreign Department, 1906.

The commission, under the direction of Colonel Arthur Henry McMahon, was to redefine the frontier between Persia and Afghanistan in the south, and develop a formula for the division of the Helmand waters. The report consists of a general description of the region, and specific notes on ethnography, meteorology, agriculture, industry, and hydrology.

Comprising appendices on the following:

  • statistical tables
  • copy correspondence between the British, Persian and Afghan Commissioners
  • genealogical trees and tables
  • meteorological data
  • notes and memoranda on aspects of Seistan geography, ethnology, hydrology, industry, economy, agriculture, botany, entomology, and transport infrastructure
  • glossary.
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1 volume (186 folios)
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The Revenue Report of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission consists of three volumes (IOR/L/PS/20, 23 and 24). The volumes are divided into six parts with parts 1-4 comprising one volume, part 5 comprising the second, and part 6 comprising the third.

A synopsis of contents can be found at pp i - iv (folios 4-7)

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 188; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence (pp i-iv, 329-689)

Condition: the binding structure has partially broken down, and many folios are loose. Please handle carefully.

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'Seistan. Revenue Report and Notes of the Perso-Afghan Arbitration Commission, 1902-1905. Volume II. Part V - Appendices and Glossary.' [‎9v] (23/380), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/23, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100039450592.0x000018> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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