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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [142r] (283/443)
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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proceed with, tne claim on Denali’ ol Mond. ^11 Bros <*nd
for the sake of anything they might he atle to obtain.
The original plans of tne site handed over to us by the
Persian Government are 30 inexpert and ill-defined that
w* should hav a difficulty in contesting the claim and
the methods of tne Persian Courts are so devious that
it would be highly undesirable that we should become
involved in any legal proceedings.
4 . 1 attach a very rough plan of the land, and
would suggest tnat, to obviate any difficulty we should
relinquish our claim to the portion marked 'A* in red,
roughly one fifth of the total area, and disclaim any
further interest in it. Te should avoid the intricate
matter of taxation on this disputed portion and the
difficulties involved in disposing of it. If Mond.
rtdi Bros can satisfy the Persians tnat this portion
is theirs undoubtedly we shall nave surrendered to the
firm a small portion of land viz. the small garden in
front of the house built by them and part, if not all,
of the actual land upon which the house stands* We
shall however then be left with tne portion , B*
consisting of a garden and small mud houses wnich I
anticipate we snail be able to sell, and in regard to
which there can arise no dispute.
5. If tnis proposal be acceptable in principle
I will endeavour to obtain offers for the portion marked
’B* on the plan and would communicate such offers to
the Government of India to accept or reject as desired.
I would, however, suggest that if it be possicie the
concurrence of the Xi.ome authorities ce obtained to
disposal of tnis land on terms to be approved by the
Government of India. Tne inevitable delay which would
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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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