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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [84r] (167/443)
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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dated 28th November 1931 to K.S. Mohamed 3-ul in which you
suggested that the doors and windows of the building might
be sold to meet Grhulam Mohamed’s claim; you will perhaps
agree that rather than reduce the value of the house in
that manner it would be preferable to deduct the amount
remaining due to your creditor from the sum eventually
paid for the building.
4. The price which has been tentatively offered for
all the buildings is Rs.3000 provided that the transaction
is completed without further delay. The dwelling house
is however daily deteriorating, and indeed part of the
verandah has already fallen down; it cannot therefore be
guaranteed that Rs.3000 will be the sale price, and it is
possible that eventually I may not be able to obtain a
higher price than Rs.1500. I would indeed emphasise that
if no attention is paid to the structure it will become
worthless within thd^iext two years, an eventuality which
is, of course, of no concern to me and which would entail
no loss to the G-overnment of India.
5. I would therefore suggest that you should now
authorise me to conclude the transaction on the lines pro
posed in para: 3 on the clear understanding that
(i) for the reason given in para: 4 I am unable to
guarantee a sum exceeding Rs.1500 as the sale
price of the buildings,
and
(ii) before whatever sum obtained for the buildings
is paid to you, you will execute a legal document
formally surrendering without reservation all claim
to the property and land concerned in the transaction
A draft authorisation on these lines is enclosed for your
consideration; if approved it may kindly be signed and
return without further delay.
6. From the above you will see that if you agree to
the suggestions I have made you will receive, in the event
of/-
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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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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