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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [83r] (165/443)
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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No.114
British Consulate G-eneral,
Meshed.
10th June 1937.
Dear Sirs,
I have to inform you that a sum of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
500/-
has been realised from the sale of your two steam boiler
plants in Zabul and that I am holding the money in part
payment of your debt of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
900/- to Grhulam Mohamed.
You will see therefore that there still remains due to him
a sum of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
400/-.
2. I have furthermore received from the Afghan G-overn*
ment a provisional offer for the whole Consulate property
formerly in your possession including the various buildings
and the residential house with the land immediately
adjacent to it.
3. While it is admitted that the house itself was
erected by your firm (at your own risk and upon the plain
underslanding that the land would be entirely vacated
should the Government of India require it) your later &
claim that the house is situated almost entirely on your
own and not on Consulate land is not admitted. lor of
course can you have any claim to the sale proceeds of the
smaller buildings which are admittedly on Consulate land.
The Government of India, however, in negotiating this pro
posed sale of their land, have no desire to profit, at
your expense, from the sale of the buildings erected by you
and in the event of the transaction being effected, are
therefore prepared to pay you, in return for a formal
relinquishment of all claim to the land, the actual amount
received for the buildings, less:
(a) such expenses as may reasonably be incurred in their
sale as distinct from the sale" of the land; and
(b) the balance (
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
400/-) of your debt to Ghulam
Mohamed.
In the latter connection I would refer you to your letter
dated/-
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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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