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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [23r] (45/443)
The record is made up of 1 file (220 folios). It was created in 19 Mar 1931-1 Feb 1941. It was written in English and French. 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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A note on the nelmancl in Seistaru
!• Past chaa^ea of course*
1 enclose a sketch showing roughly t>he last 4 main chaise?
in the course of the helmancL it appears that it took some
60 years to silt up the Chilling delta, and some 40 years to
silt up the llamdar delta* The present delta has been in use for
approximately 50 years, so it would hardly be surprising if it
were becoming sufficiently raised to cause tne nelmand to seek
a new bed. This is borne out by amy enquiries which show that
the land round ^IgSr at the present mouth of the nelmand is so
high tha the Helmand has to be dammed there to obtain sufficient
head of water to reach the fields.
2. in the past the river has usually given previous
indication of the coming change by floods along the new bed
which scour it out. in the next year of high flood the new bed .
is then deep enough to take the main discharge. Last year's
flood of the Nurab appears to have been of this nature, and l
have fysr for some weeks suspected that a change in the course
of the helmand was threatened. 1 was, however, waiting until
it was possi^ to visit mnd-i-Seistan before submitting a
report: this the flood of the 5rd February anticipated.
3. 1 have inspected the Nurab at several points along its
course up to J^alaihuhna and 1 have also seen the previous main
channel of the He Inland (Jld-i-Pariun) at Malaki. Of the
two the ’’Nurab'* was wider and deeper and, if anything, faster.
There are, however, two other channels running north. 1
forded the western most one and found it only some 3 foot deep
and sluggish, while the other, Vthe biksar on the Afghan boundary
was said to be even smaller. 1 am therefore of the opinion
that the discharge of the iMurab a month ago was about equal
to that of the old bed of the nelraoand. This is merely an
amateur opinion and not founded on any measurements or
calculations what-soever.
4. In previous years there has been at Kohak ^the point of
divergent e of the Nurab from the delmaiKU a dam to turn the
water from the Helmand into the Nurab for irrigation . This
/used...
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The file concerns the sale of land belonging to the Seistan and Kain (Zabul) Consulate, and reports on the flood in Seistan, causing damages to the Vice-Consulate at Zabul.
The file contains:
- proposed sale of land situated outside the compound of Seistan Consulate, on which a building was erected in 1931, by Mohamed Ali & Brothers
- insolvency of Mohamed Ali & Brothers, not paying rent for the building
- negotiations between Mohamed Ali & Brothers, interested in buying the building or receiving a sum on the sale, and the Government of India, interested in selling the building to others
- sketch representing the land leased in 1906 to Mohamed Ali & Brothers (f 80)
- negotiations to sell the land to the Afghan Government, in 1937
- proposal to offer the property to the Iranian Government, in exchange for freehold rights over the land occupied by the Zahedan Vice-Consulate, in 1938
- reports of the 1939-40 floods of the rivers Naurab, Hermand and Shela, surrounding Zabul, with sketch (f 48). The floods affected ground and building of the Zabul Consulate. Damages to bridges, roads and telegraph poles in Seistan are also reported
- report on the river Helmand's changing delta; sketch representing Oscillations of Helmand 1760-1940 (f 25)
- sketch representing Mouth of the Nuriab (f 14).
The file is composed of correspondence between the British Consulate at Seistan and Kain, the British Legation at Tehran, the Foreign Office, the British Consulate at Khorasan, the 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. , the Government of India, and Mohamed Ali & Brothers.
There is a letter in French, from the Afghan Legation at Tehran.
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- 1 file (220 folios)
- Arrangement
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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 221; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3601
- Title
- Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:24v, 26r:47v, 49r:71v, 73r:98v, 100r:158v, 162r:219v, 220v:221v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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