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File 1880/1904 Pt 1 'Perso-Afghan Frontier: - Seistan Arbitration.' [57v] (119/520)
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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S n f S t^“ a to. e ^ S touS a i a tave°I "requisite 6 supply 6 fof all
Afghan requirements.
11 . I therefore give the following award
Award.
1 . As in draft A.
from^'and^belOT^^^BM^i-KotoS^is^iiu-third of the w^olo voluree ol t.e
Hehnand -er-Meh enters S^tan award appl!eS) comprise, all
of tie Helmand from Bandar-Carnal ^wnwards^
3. Persia is, therefore, entitled to one-third of tew o ^ irr;o . ate lands
calculated at the point where water is first taken off f o
on either bank situated at or below Bandar-i-Kamal Khan. ^
4 Any irrigation works constructed by Afghanistan to ^ver water mto
Seista; lands, as above dedned, must allow of at ^st one- bird of the volume
of the whole river being available for Persian use at Ban *
r Ac of 9, in draft A.
Dbaft C.
Preliminary remarks.
Paragraphs 1 to 7 as in draft A.
Paragraphs 8 and 9 as in draft B.
Paragraph 10 {a) (5) (c) as in draft B.
• The irrigation of Tarakon and Hanzdar from the Helmand
would bring those lands within the Goldsmid definition of •‘both banks
of the Hefmand”. The argument of the Government of India
stated in paragraph 39 of my memorandum thus falls through.
A. H. McMahon.
Paragraph 10 (d). A large area of land in the Tarakun and Hauzdar
tracts was & once cultivated. A portion of this area lies within Persian territory.
It may at some future time be
found possible to irrigate these
tracts from the Helmand river,
and therefore the right of
Persia defined* in Sir Prederick
Goldsmid’s award would extend to a requisite supply of water for the Persian
portion of those lands also.
It+ has been ascertained that
water amounting to one-sixth
of the whole Helmand would
suffice properly to irrigate tne
portion of those lands belong
ing to Persia.
+ If thought preferable, this paragraph from here onwards
could read thus :—“ It has been ascertained that water amounting
to one-third of the whole Helmand river would suffice to properly
irrigate the Tarakun and Hauzdar tracts, of which amount one-half
(i.e” one-sixth of the Helmand) wonld suffice to irrigate the Persian
portion of the said tracts.
11 . I therefore give the following award;—
Award.
1 , 2, 3, 4, as in draft B.
5. Should it he hereafter found possible to irrigate from the Helmand the
portion of the Taraknn-Hauzdar tract lying within Persian territory, Persia
will he entitled to another one-sixth of the volume of the whole Helmand river
for the irrigation of that tract. In this case, it is of course understood that
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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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