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Coll 28/28A ‘Persia: Perso-Baluchistan frontier; demarcation near Mirjawa [mostly copies of papers on 28/28]’ [124r] (247/572)
The record is made up of 1 file (285 folios). It was created in 25 Apr 1924-12 Sep 1935. 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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Tho Ko»d nod :v jlvjvgjt
The pretont teruiruui of th« Bnilmyt •• th#
Oovtnroent of Iriiia art avart, is at Mok Ktmdi and thano#
to Xir]awa 9 a diatanot of ti^hty-aix milta 9 tha Joumay
is parfomad by road* This road paaaaa through the most
daaolata eouatry iaarinabla* Jfrom Nok Ktindl to Juiiak 9 a
distanoa of about ueTanty K,ilaa # it is ait bar a sandy or a
stony plain without watar or Tafjatation and not a liYing
orestart osn bt sttn* Tha road altamatas batwaan
stretches of hard stony surface and soft sand* Orar tha
latter tha surface has now become appalling; in maqr
places there are ruts a foot deep and tha general ttate
of tha road say be deduced froa tha fact that our aYtragr
spaed in a light motor car was batwaaa Xm and twelre
niles an hour* It can only be a question of a few
weeks before tha road becomes impassable eren in dry
weather and it can be predicted with certainty that this
will happen at latest on tha occurrence of tha first
winter rains 9 probe ly this month or newt*
2* At tha present time 9 there is quite a conddcrable
trade between India and irut Persia eran with a lead to
railhead of about one hundred and forty milaa by roid
between Nok fundi and Za^idan* the way back from
[Mirjawa we must haYt passed at least twelve heavily laden
lorries and 1 «e told there is an average of from elm te
ten proceeding both way* every day* ^hen the road Tivea
out 9 as it must shortly do 9 it is inevitable that this
trad# will oome to m and and a further result will be
that tha Saistan Consulate will be entirely oat off fr<*
India by thia route. It must also put an and te the
trading operet Urn of tha Anglo-Parsien ^il Company in
Saat/
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Photographic reproductions of letters, memoranda, printed copies of correspondence and maps, relating to the demarcation of the border between Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan (in present-day Pakistan) around the town of Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh]. The majority of the file’s papers are duplicates of material in the file Coll 28/28 ‘Persia. Perso-Baluchistan Frontier. Demarcation near Mirjawa.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3425).
Correspondence dating between 1924 and 1935 comprises the first part of the file (ff 2-153). The second part of the file is preceded by a cover slip attached to folio 154, which reads: ‘Collection ‘B’’. Papers in this part of the file (ff 154-286) comprise copies of correspondence dating between 1871 and 1912. Three of the file’s thirteen maps (f 223, f 224, f 242) are not duplicates of maps included IOR/L/PS/12/3425.
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- 1 file (285 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 286; 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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- Title
- Coll 28/28A ‘Persia: Perso-Baluchistan frontier; demarcation near Mirjawa [mostly copies of papers on 28/28]’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:71v, 74r:76v, 78r:81v, 83r:183v, 184v:186v, 193r:222v, 225r:229v, 231r:241v, 243r:278v, 281r:281v, 283v:286v
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