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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [78r] (155/443)
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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that these did not a ffect the main building itself and
were therefore unimportant.
4. Thirdly, the widow of the late Sulaimanji, a former
partner in the firm of Mohd. Ali Bros, has recently
visited Zabul and presented petitions to the local Iranian
Court in which she claims to have an interest in the
property in question, as a result of which she is seeking
to secure for herself a share of any payment made to
Mohd. Ali from its disposal. It is truethat her claim is,
as far as can be ascertained, flimsy in the extreme, but
the very fact that she may endeavour to press it is likely
to be a source of some embarrasment to us.
5. The facts now brought to light show that though
we have succeeded in securing a good title vis-a-vis
Mohd. Ali himself, this is insufficient to guarantee the
same title to the Afghan Government. It is true that the
conclusions at which I have now arrived are the result of
a prolonged examination of our most meagre records and that
as far as I am able to ascertain the local authorities
consider that the whole area excluding the buildings belong
of right to us, and would be quite unable to produce any
legal proof to the contrary; but at the same time
Sulaimanji r s widow, who is an Iranian by birth, must know
that the whole area did not originally form part of the
Consular property. I am therefore compelled to reconnend
that the present project should be altogether abandoned.
It is indeed probable that it would in any case have failed
to materialise but I regret that my failure to discover the
exact situation earlier should have given rise to so mach
unnecessary correspondence. This failure has been due to
the fact that I have not been able to find anyone locally
capable /
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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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