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Coll 28/82 ‘Persia; Perso-Baluchistan Frontier; Tribal disturbances’ [‎111r] (221/305)

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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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under orders received from 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. *
It will be seen from the above that these men did not
enter India H in the normal way" as stated by the Persians*
but had beerce sent as a sort of Political Mission* without
passports or documents of any kind, to treat with Persian
subjects who had taken refuge in India* Inasmuch as the
Persians arrest quite harmless Indians who enter Persia*
without Nationality Documents, and frequently keep them in
goal for months without trial, the treatment of these Persians
whose visit was by no means a normal one, is in striking
contra st*
A copy of this Despatch is being forwarded to the
Government of India in the Foreiga and Political Department,
and to the ‘“on* bel the Agent to the Governor General in
Baluchistan, Quetta*
I have etc.,
Sd/- C*K*Daly,
Lt* Colonel
To
ais Britannic ^jesty* s
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'.
At the Court of Persia ,
Tehran •

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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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