Coll 28/74 ‘Persia. Refugees from Persia in India. Baranzai refugees’ [5v] (10/26)
The record is made up of 1 file (11 folios). It was created in 26 Jul 1934-24 May 1938. It was written in English. 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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Two sets of correspondence relating to refugees and migrants on the border between Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan:
- Correspondence dated 1934 exchanged between various British Government officials in Baluchistan and Sind [Sindh] concerning two members of the Baranzai tribe from Baluchistan, who wish to visit Karachi (ff 7-12)
- Correspondence dated 1937 and 1938 exchanged between the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, William Rupert Hay, and HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Horace James Seymour, concerning a complaint made by the Iranian Government regarding followers of the late ruler of Western Baluchistan [Sistan and Baluchistan], Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mir Dost Mohammad Khan Baloch, reported to be active on the British side of the Baluchistan frontier, and attempting to induce Iranian Baluchis to migrate across the frontier (ff 2-6).
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- 1 file (11 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3478
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- Coll 28/74 ‘Persia. Refugees from Persia in India. Baranzai refugees’
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- front, front-i, 2r:11v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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