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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [24r] (47/443)
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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24
uoed to be built in August of tamarisk fascines, and the
spriag floods used to carry it away, without it the wurab
would have carried not water, at least during the winter.
Last autumn this bend lor^any rate the Irani half of it)
was not built. The heavy winter discharge of the Nurab has
therefore found its om s way into that river un-assisted by
any dam*
6* iact which points to the change of bed beir^ at
present far from complete is that during the floods of 3rd
Febnmry the 52-i-Pariun also flooded very severely; but this
does nod> prove tnat no change in the river bed is in progress,
in the past such changes have taken several years, during
which the old bed may carry water, i think 1 am right
in saying, however, that it is unusu^al for a river to divide
into two branches and for both of them to carry an equal
amount of water tor any length of time* That being so 1
consider that the “Numb" is in process of becoming the ,, HeImand M
7. ihe obvious result of this will be considerable
suffering to the population of beistan both from inundations
and from the drying up of the present delta* in addition
when the change is complete Zabul will probably become
ininliabitable in its present site, finally canals taking
off into Afghanistan from th^astem bank of the helmand
and the diksar channel are likely to run dry. This will
upset dir Henry -ac^-ahon's division of the helm^and waters
between Afghanistan and Iran, and the parties may have
difficulty in reaching a settlement by negotiation. 1 have
not yet had time to study this last aspect of the matter*
vice -Consul t 2abul
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Open Government Licence