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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [110v] (220/443)
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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proceedings might have ensued. The negotiations dragged
on until 1934 end were then dropped after notice to quit
had been given. An alternative proposal that ; in order
to escape tax ( Government interest in that part of the land
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to which Mohamed^p^j Bros, might conceivably have had a
claim should be relinquished, and that the part which was
clearly Government property should be sold f was sanctioned,
.No buyer could, however, be found for the one part and as
no tax was demanded Government’s interest in the other
part was not relinquished.
3. In April 1936 the Afghan Government intimated
that they were interested in the land and buildings, and
it was arranged that the Consul-General, Meshed, and the
Afghan Consul, Zabul , should negotiate a price. The
rfcrm€f|tbought that the previous price asked was too low
and raised it to Rs.5,000 for the land and Rs.6,000 for
the buildings (without the machinery in them), and in
February last the Afghans accepted this price for the lane
and offered Rs.3,000 for the buildings. A separate offer
of Rs.826-7-0 was obtained for the machinery.
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4. The difficulty about Mohamed^^y’s possible claim
remained ? and the Government of India properly pointed out
that it was most undesirable that we should sell any
property to the Afghan Government in which our title was
uncertain or that we should run the risk of a heavy claim
subsequently. They suggested, therefore, that the Consul
f\W
General should get from Mohamed#### Bros, a declaration in
writing authorising him to sell the ^l^jr^^in return for
Rs.3,000 in full payment for any interest they might
possess. This declaration has now been given and it may
be presumed that the Consul-General and the Afghan Consul
are satisfied that a good title can be given. The Consul
General has made a good bargain and it is submitted that
the ©ale should be sanctioned; but it would perhaps be
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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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