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File 1880/1904 Pt 1 'Perso-Afghan Frontier: - Seistan Arbitration.' [‎58r] (120/520)

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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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Persia will pay her proper share of the cost of construction and annual
maintenance of such works as may be necessary to bring the above water into
Persian territory.
6. As at 2 in draft A.
7* JJ 55 ^ » J3 3*
8. 55 53 ^ 33 33 33
9* 33 33 >3 S3
Deaft D.
Preliminary remarks.
* If it is considered preferable to adhere to the exact wording I
of the ruling by Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign l
Affairs, thin paragraph 8 of draft B should be inserted instead, r
A. H. McMahon. I
Paragraphs 1 to 7 as in draft A.
Paragraph 8* ,3 ss
9. The above award is so definite that it is unnecessary to attempt to
define it further, except in one particular point only, i.e., the supply requisite
for irrigation on both banks of the Helmand.
10. It has been ascertained from the careful and exhaustive measure
ments and observations made by this Mission that the areas of land capable of
cultivation in Persian and Afghan territory in Seistan, including the Tarakun
and Hauzdar tracts, are approximately equal in extent. Each country, there
fore, requires the same amount of water as the other.
11. Persia now takes off all her water for irrigation at and below the
Band-i-Kohak. Afghanistan takes off water for Afghan Seistan partly below
and partly above that place. It may become desirable or necessary for Afghan
istan to take off more and more of her share of water above the Band-i-Kohak.
Division of water should, therefore, be calculated according to the volume of the
Helmand river at the point where water is first taken off by one or other side
for irrigation of Seistan lands.
12 The Seistan lands, to which Sir Frederick Goldsmid’s award applies,
comprises the country on both banks of the Helmand river at and below
Bandar-i-Kamal Khan, including the Tarakun and Hauzdar tracts, therefore,
anv division of water should be calculated according to the volume of the
Htflmand river at the point where water is first taken oil for irrigation oi land,
situated at or below Bandar-i-Kamal Khan.
13. I therefore give the following award
Award.
1 . As in draft A. . ^, i x-u k i •
9 The amount of water requisite for irrigation of lands on both banks m
■ersian and Afghan territory, respectively, is, m each case, one-half of
leimand nver. stould be calculated on the volume of the
3. This divisio h t • t where wa ter is taken off by either side to
StTlandJ “tuldat orbehJ Bandar-i-Kamal Khan, including the Tarakun
,nd Hauzdar tracts. ^ d Me to irrigat the Tarakun and
4. Should it, ““ear , should be allowe(j! on payment of
“eSf o? the -t °f^ tt
he feasible to divert into the
ihare'of Helmand)°or,^inAhe' case of part of that share being diverted into

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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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