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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [35r] (69/443)
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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The rainfhll over S-W Afghanistan v»as presumably also
above normal* but no information is available as to
which of the 4 rivers mentioned above flooded* find
when* However* an exceptional rise in the water level
in the Haiauns was caused*
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During March the Hamun began to rise above
normal levels. On the 4th/5th April the Sabul-Bunjar
road was flooded owing to a breach in a canal about
4 miles east of £abul, but the authorities managed to
close tha breach. On April 8th the 2 ^abul**Zaiiidan road
was flooded by water from the Naurab.
The floods continued to increase and on the
night 17th/18th April one pillar of the Naurab bridge
was washed away* fho authorities breached the c-nal
further up in an attempt to save the bridge* and the
Ann road on the far side^as further inundated*
On the same night a c nal passing close by Zabul on
the N-S breached in several places. Only frantic work
on 18th April by the Zabul garrison saved the town
from being flooded. The same day the Naurab was
breached to the west of Zabul in the direction of
Koh-i-Khwaja and water crossed the Afsalabad road and
the landing ground.
On the night 20th/21st April further arches
of the Naurab bridge were carried away.
A further Hood on the night of 21at/22nd
April caused the authorities to call back all labourer!
from, the rural areas to work on the defences of the
town. Henceforth the rural population of Seistan was
left to fight the floods unaided.
On 28th April the Shela channel joining the
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Hamun to the Gand-i-Zeireh began to fill and by 2nd
/Nay
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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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