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File 1880/1904 Pt 1 'Perso-Afghan Frontier: - Seistan Arbitration.' [253r] (514/520)
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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127
m m Afghan territory, and Hardinge has been instructed to explain to
ersian overnment that, in this case, it will probably not be necessary for
you, wnen you have occasion to enter Persian territory, to be accompanied by
whole of your escort. Copies of all recent papers are being sent you by
Extract from Diahj No. 18 of His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Seistan and Kain, for period
1st to loth December 1902.
3. Heavy rain fell here during the 2nd and 3rd December. The present
tempoiaiy quarters of the Consulate, which we are still occupying^ suffered
considerably and two rooms were rendered uninhabitable. ' In the city many
of the domed roofs fell in and three Seistanis were killed.
4. The Helmund has risen considerably. The Karguzar informed me that
half the Seistan Bund^ at Kohak had been carried away, and that the Afghan
Bund at Shahgul, which has been one of the main causes of the recent water
difficulty, has also been demolished. A bund, constructed by the Seistanis just
above the Poozah Jang Jah channel, the existence of which had not been
reported to me, was also carried away.
The Miankangi district now has an ample supply of water and the villagers
are reported to be busily engaged in cultivation.
Prom Deh Dost Muhammad a report has reached me that the Kat Hhuda
of that place, having made use of a water channel which takes off from the
west bank of the (old) Helmund to irrigate his district, the Akhunzada blocked
up the mouth of the channel, which, however, was opened again by the Kat
Khuda. With the exception of this incident the status quo with respect to the
Seistan water question has not been disturbed.
It is, however, reported from a reliable source that the Akhunzada has
completed the long canal he was engaged in digging from Kushk above the
Seistan Bund to Jaroki. Three hundred and fifty labourers are said to have
been discharged from work on the 4th December.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- File 1880/1904 Pt 1 'Perso-Afghan Frontier: - Seistan Arbitration.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:38v, 42r:153v, 155r:221v, 223r:227v, 229r:230v, 230ar:230av, 231r:248v, 248ar:248av, 249r:253v, 255r:255v, back-i
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