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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [45r] (89/443)
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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COPY.
OF a report dated the 19th April 1939 from the Clerk*
in-Charge, British Vice Consulate, Zabul.
In continuation of my report dated the 11th April
1939, I beg to submit below the report on flood
conditions in Seistan for the week ending the 18th
April 1939.
Naurab bridge were dompleted on April 16th and 3
lorries from Zahidan arrived at Babul for the first
time since the breach took place.
flood in the Naurab, washed away one pillar of the
bridge and damaged another, after which a crack
appeared in the upper portion of the bridge. On the
morning of 18th April only the Ustandar for Mekran,
on return journey to Zahidan, was able to cross the
bridge in his car, after which strict orders were
given to not^allow any traffic over the bridge. To
save the bridge from further damage the authorities
cut open the Naurab bank about 4 miles up the bridge,
as a result of which the astray water again reached
the Zahidan road on the morning of 18th April and
damaged the portion of the road recently repaired.
Tater began to increase so rapidly that till midday
of April 18th all was water from the bridge up
to the tempbrary lorry stand on the other side of
the water. Traffic has totally been stopped.
place in the canal passing by the military barracks
under construction. The military authorities were
alarmed atonce and started filling the breach • Cta
the 18th April several bweaches took place and were
1. The repairs on the Zahidan road near the
2. On the night of 17th April, an unprecendented
to
3. On the night of April 17th a breach took
filled/
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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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