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The record is made up of 1 volume (254 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1903-31 Dec 1910. 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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Has Goyernment definitely decided that under no future circumstances will
Persia be allowed water for irrigation of Hauzdar tract, even if such be found
by Afghans reopening Tarakun canal system ? Persia will ^ be certain to raise
this question when my award is delivered, and therefore it is well to consider it
now. Unless something to the contrary is placed on record in a letter to the
Amir, Afghans will be justified in contending hereafter that the present award
precludes any further reopening of water question. I cannot help thinking that
Government, although desirous to avoid giving Persia any reason for thinking
she has a voice in the river above Kohak, yet would be willing, hereafter, when
the time came, to consider Persian right to one-sixth of water which has been
allowed for Hauzdar tract in my memorandum, and wider awards C and D. If
this supposition is correct, will it not he necessary, when communicating award
to Amir, for Government to inform him that the award, though referring only
to Persian lands irrigable from and below Band-i-Kohak, does not preclude the
consideration of Persian right to water for Hauzdar lands, should their irrigation
hereafter come within the scope of practical politics ?
It would remove all reasonable ground for Persian appeal, if some
assurance to that effect could he given to Persian Government at the same
time. If thought preferable, Secretary of State for Poreign Affairs, as confirm
ing authority in this arbitration, might perhaps add a ruling to above effect.
I venture to bring this point to notice, in case it may have been partially
overlooked in the general consideration of this complicated question.
Enclosure No. 16.
Telegram, No 894 F., dated the 9th March 1905.
From—The Foreign Secretary, Calcutta,
To— Colonel A. H. McMahon, C.S.I., C.I.E.
Arbitration Commission, Seistan.
British Commissioner, Seistan
Your telegram No. 909, dated 2nd March, about irrigation of Tarakun and
Hauzdar tracts. Point raised by you was fully discussed, and it was considered
undesirable to do anything that might give rise to idea that Persians had any
claim to extend irrigation by canals to he constructed through Afghan territory.
The Amir would never consent to this ; and in view of insistence of Persian
Government that award should he confined to Goldsmid’s award, which refers
only to existing cultivation, it was held preferable to exclude Tarakun and
Hauzdar tracts from consideration. Please repeat to Sir A. Hardinge your
telegram No. 909 of 2nd March and this reply.
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The volume contains printed selections from official papers of the Foreign Department of the Government of India (telegrams, official letters, and extracts from official diaries), and maps, concerning the settlement of the disputed frontier between Afghanistan and Persia in Seistan (also spelled Sistan in the volume) [Sīstān] during the period 1901-10. The papers are mainly in the form of dispatches from the Government of India, Foreign Department, addressed to the Secretary of State for India. Each despatch includes a list of documents ('enclosures') cited. The later papers are accompanied by minute sheets of the Secret Department, Government of India.
The papers cover: the work of the Arbitration Mission under Colonel (Arthur) Henry McMahon (British Commissioner, Seistan Arbitration Commission), 1903-05, including events up to the departure of the Arbitration Mission, proceedings of the Mission, demarcation of the boundary from Koh-i-Malik Siah to Siah Koh, the Seistan water dispute, and McMahon's report (folios 22-30) on the final settlement and demarcation of the boundary between Persia and Afghanistan, followed by a complete list (folios 31-34) of the boundary pillars on the Perso-Afghan boundary; and reports on the distribution of water in Helmand, 1909-10.
The main correspondents are: McMahon; His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran; the Secretary of State for India; His Britannic Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran; His Britannic Majesty's Consul for Seistan and Kain [Kūh-e Kā’īn]; and the Amir of Afghanistan.
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.
The map in the back of the volume, on folio 254, relates to the work of the Sistan Arbitration Commission of 1872 under General Sir Frederick John Goldsmid. The last dated addition to the volume is a note on folio 4 stating that a copy of a paper had been sent to the Foreign Office on 12 January 1911.
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- 1 volume (254 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; 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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