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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [34r] (67/443)
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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33
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CdfFiparrxAL.
A note on the floo ds In Sei atan of
Uarcb-Juno 1939. I
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During th<j spring of 1939 Seistan nas been
flooded to an extent, according to local opinion,
unparalleled for the last 30 to 40 years* Considerable
damage has been done to crops, villages, and roads; and
at on - time Tears were entertained for the safety of the
city of Zabul itself. This note is an attest to
summarise the causes, history, and consequences of this
flood*
The Consulate staff have not, however, been
able to visit the outlying parts of the district to
estimate the damage, and the authorities have given us
no official information, nor have they issued any
bulletins* It will therefore be realised that this note
is based only on what has been observed in and around
Zabul, or has been heard in the bazars, and it must not
be regarded as official or infallible.
Causes*
The Haianpff of Seistan are fed by the Helmand,
Farah Rud, Herat Hud, and occasionally the Khash Hud
rivers of which by far the most water is brought by the
Helmand* In Seistan it normally rains during February
and March and the Hamune normally expand in consequence,
but the spring of 1939 was exceptionally rainy as will b*
observed from the following tables-
Total rain-fall during 1935 * . • 1.62"
M H * 1936 . . . l.gd"
" " " 1937 . . . 1.02"
" " " 1938 * * * ,,
Total rainfall of 4 years. 5*62"
i
Rainfall during the first 3 months of 1939 . . 5.06"
/The rainfall.
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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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