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Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' [‎160r] (319/443)

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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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4. Passport of our representative Tayeb A1 i Sulemanji
is not being granted and that is the greatest
hinderence in our way to vacate the Consulate land,
there being none belonging to our firm there to do so.
If the Government is graciously pleased to grant our
representative a temporary passport for a year only we shall
be in a position to vacate the Government land and settle all
the oustending matters, life are prepared to give any guarantee
required for our representative for the period he will be
there.
5. If Government is pleased to accept an equal
portion of land in liu of Consulate land the question
of vacating the same will not arise, because out of
our land His Britannic Majestjls Consul can take
charge of our land out of our Garden and thus amicably
settle the matter.
In acckdjct conclusion we respectfully beg to sutmit that
this question can be amicably and quickly settled by:-
Government granting our representative Tayeb Ali a
passport or by taking over charge of land equal to
the Consulate land out of our land in which garden
is made, or by accepting market price for the
Consulate land from us.
Hoping this receives the kind consideration of the
Government of India and His Britannic Majesty* s Consul General
in Meshed.

karachi,
2 2nd August 1933.
l&iclos. 2 .
Welnfrve, etc.,
Sd/- Mohamedali and Brs.
c/o Messrs T a yebi Trading Co.
Marriott Road,
Karachi.

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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)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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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
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