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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [74r] (147/443)
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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Minute Paper.
p.z. 2553/38. Department
Please see the Minute at P.Z. 5018/37 (flagged)
in which the history of the case is set out.
The sanction of His Majesty’s Government had been
accorded to the Government of India’s proposal for the
sale of the land and buildings to the Afghan Government
on the understanding that the Government of India were
satisfied that the Afghan Government would acquire a
good title to the property. His Majesty’s Consul
General subsequently concluded negotiations with
Mohammed Ali ensuring that we had a good title to the
property vis-k-vis Mohammed Ali himself, but certain
developments have recently taken place from which it
appears that we should not be able to guarantee such a
title to the Afghan Government (P.Z. 2553/38)$
(1) from a recent survey it seems that the present
area of the property is considerably more than that
originally granted by the Shah, and that half
Mohammed Ali’s house lies outside the undoubted
Consular area.
(2) the widow of a late partner in the firm of
Mohammed Ali has claimed an interest in the property.
This claim, though extremely flimsy, may prove a
source of further embarrassment to us if she presses
it.
Further, the present Afghan Consul is not now
particularly eager to acquire the property, and has
recommended to his Government that the price settled
last year (viz. Rs. 5,000 for the land and Rs. 3,000
for the buildings) should be considerably reduced.
In these circumstances it seems undesirable to
proceed with the sale to the Afghan Government. The
Consul-General thinks the best plan for disposing of the
property/
6474b Wt 22530/P 114 10,000 9.37 '10P
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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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- 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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