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Coll 28/82 ‘Persia; Perso-Baluchistan Frontier; Tribal disturbances’ [104r] (207/305)
The record is made up of 1 file (151 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1932-23 Mar 1940. 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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P.Z. 1506/35.
aagJM*
Extract from Diary for the month of Decei/iber 1934
of H.B.M. Consulate General, Khorassan ana Sistan.
(i) Persian Baluchistan .
The Persians have made little progress in their efforts
to pacify the Baluchis* Robberies ana attacks on isolated
posts have been continual. On the night of 2/3rd December
Juma Khan was attacked but repulsed the troops whose losses
amounted to about 100 men. wounded were brought by night to
Zahidan on December 4th. small detachments of troops to
reinforce the Kwash garrison have been arriving at
intervals from &eshed f Zabul and Kerman. They are mostly
conscripts recalled to the colours.
The rebels are in a strong position on high hills.
Aeroplanes have been unable to fly high enough to keep out
of range, and are now xylng out of action at Kwaai. The
Baluchis have made several successful sorties from their
stronghold, in each case surprising the Military, inflicting
casualties and capturing arms.
The worst feature of the Military operations, as
regards British interests, is that lorries owned and driven
by Indians have been commandeered to take rations from
Zahldan to Kwash.
The driver of one lorry, so cormiandeered, works on a
long term visa between Kundi and Zahidan ana had to furnidi
cash security at the frontier for his early return from
Zahidan, to prevent his working in tne interior of Persia.
He informed the Military autnorities of this, ana that his
money would be confiscated. As they refused to listen to
his/
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Correspondence and other papers relating to social unrest and violence in the border region between Persia [Iran] and western Baluchistan (located in present-day Pakistan), chiefly arising from the resistance offered by the Baluchi tribes to Persia’s occupation of western Baluchistan in 1928. The file chiefly comprises extracts of intelligence summaries and various diaries (consular, political, confidential) from a number of British officials in the region: the British Consul at Khorasan, Clive Kirkpatrick Daly; the Baluchistan Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ; the British Legation at Tehran. The file covers: intelligence reports on the activities of individuals and tribes in the border region, including 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. Juma Khan, leader of the Ismailzai tribe; reports of robberies, raids and border infractions; correspondence exchanged between British officials in Persia and the Government of India, dated 1939 and 1940, in response to the beginning of the Second World War, and a perceived ‘weakness of the military situation’ reported by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Chagai, making the region prone to attack from hostile forces through Persia and Afghanistan.
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- 1 file (151 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 152; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, front-i, 2r:93r, 94v:152v, back
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