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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [40r] (79/443)
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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Cppy of a. letter No. 818/4/33 Dated the 14t
June 1939, from the British Consulate General for
Khorasan, Meshed, to the Secretary to the Government
of India in the External Affairs Department, Simla.
Subject;- Floods in Sistan.
In para 111 of my diary for May 1939 I g&ve a
further account of the flood situation in Sistan in
continuation of my despatch No: 601/4/33 of the 18th
May 1939. More detailed reports have now been received
from Zabul.
2 . The washing away of certain telegraph poles
cut off all t#l4phon« communication with Zabul on
the 17th of May. The Meshed line was restored a week
later but the line to Zahidan was still broken at the
end of the month.
3. During his visit of the 3rd week of May,
the Governor General did his best to restore some
organisation to the traffic arrangements t Lorries now
run from Zabul to the Naurab (vide the sketch map
enclosed with my despatch No: 506/4/33 of May the 3rd)
and from Naurgb to Tozgi some 12 miles north of the
Shela. From Tozgi to the Shela itself the road
appears to be under water, except for a small island
at Girdi, and to be passable only by camel. From the
South bank of the Shela to Zahidan lorries can run as
usual.
4 . A further 15 villages have been reported as
having lost the whole of their crops during the third
week of May but the level of the water in the Naurab
has since fallen by some three feet and tne situation
of Zabul town appears to be less critical. Lieutenant
V ) I M.P.O’C/
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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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- Title
- Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land'
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- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:24v, 26r:47v, 49r:71v, 73r:98v, 100r:158v, 162r:219v, 220v:221v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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