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Reports and Correspondence Relating to Persia, Including Trade and Trade Routes in Persia [98r] (195/252)
The record is made up of 1 file (124 folios). It was created in 22 Nov 1900-20 Apr 1905. 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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No. 4796, dated Quetta, the 27th April 1901.
From-The Honourable Colonel C. E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Gov-
ernor-General in Baluchistan,
To~The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
I have the honour to forward, for the information of the Government'of India
a copy of the diary of the Political Assistant, Chagai, for the week ending the
31 st March 1901 . s
Further enquiries are being made regarding the band of Samalani badmashes
referred to in paragraph 3.
With reference to paragraph 8 , the safety of the caravan route has mv full
consideration. I will consult with Captain Web/Ware on the subject as soon as
he returns. •
Copy of the Diary of the Political Assistant, Chagai, for the week
ending the 31st March 1901.
25th to j/j/.—H alt at Killa Robat.
2. I have received information that
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.
Imam Bakhsh Sarpara has left
Kandahar with the intention of returning to Kardagap.
3. The Thanadar Dalbandin has effected the capture of the band of
Samalani badmashes who have been hovering about the Chagai-Registan
frontier for several months. The capture was a smart piece of work and deserves
to be rewarded by a Khillat. The Thanadar reports that Fakir Taj Muhammad
and rakar Khan rendered him great assistance.
4. I am frequently asked what is the distance from Quetta to Meshed by
the Sistan-Nushki route. ~ 3
I make the distance 1,011 miles composed as follows :—
Quetta to Nushki ...
Nushki to Killa Robat, Koh-i*Malik Siah ...
Killa Robat to ISasratabad-Sistan based on the measure*
ments made in 1899 by Mr. Wood, Indo-European Tele
graph Department
Nasratabad to Birjand via Anjira and Sahalabad
Birjand to Meshed, vide Meshed Consular report for the year
1896 - 97 , page 14 5 6 7 8
Miles.
9 «
372
99 *
198
277
Total ... 1 , 037 !
. A saving of 25 to 35 miles can be effected by turning off at Girdi Talab and
avoiding Sistan in toto, thus making the total distance, say, 1,011 miles as
compared to a distance of 966 miles the length of the Bandar Abbas-Kirman-
Meshed road. In calculating the above I have taken the distance from Nas
ratabad to Birjand by the Consular
dak
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
road via Anjira and Sahalabad road and
not by the Nasratabad-Neh road which is some 16 miles the longer.
5. I am in receipt of information that the arrival of Muhammad Hussain’s
caravan at Birjand has had an excellent effect.
6. 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.
, Southern Baluchistan, writing under date the 20th
March 1901, advises me that Messrs. H. J. Rustomji & Co. of Kaiachi are
despatching a
Kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
of indigo, cotton, woollen piece-goods, blankets, boots
tea, safes and other commodities to Sistan in charge of an Agent, named Seth
Muhammad Ali Noorbhoy.
7 . Captain Benn, His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul in Sistan, informs
me that an Armenian merchant is on his way to Sistan.
8. Desultory fighting has taken place in Sarhad between the Yar Muhammad-
zai and Gamshadzai sub-sections of the Damani. The Yar Muhammadzai
would appear to have got the best of the fight, for they succeeded in killing one
of their adversaries. The state of Sarhad is a standing menace to the safety of
the caravan route.
G. C. Press, Simla.—No. 192 F. D.—9-5 931.-20.
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The file contains reports and correspondence relating to Persia [Iran], including reports on trade and trade routes in Persia.
It includes:
- A copy of the ‘Report Received from Mr H.W. Maclean, the Special Commissioner Appointed by the Commercial Intelligence Committee of the Board of Trade, on the Conditions and Prospects of British Trade in Persia.’
- A copy of a letter from Arthur Henry Hardinge, HM Minister at Tehran, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Marquess of Lansdowne (Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice), enclosing an annual report prepared by Evelyn Grant Duff, Secretary of Legation, Tehran, on events in Persia during the year 1904
- Copies of the reports ‘Reconnaissance from Kondi on the Seistan Trade Route via Mashkhel-Hamun and Panjgur…’ and ‘Reconnaissance and Estimate for a Railway from Nushki to the Helmand and thence to the Persian frontier at Bund-i-Seistan’
- Copies of printed despatches from the Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan to the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department, forwarding copies of the weekly Diary of the Political Assistant, Chagai (for the weeks ending 16 February, 8 March, 24 March, 31 March, and 24 October 1901, and 31 March and 8 April 1902), and a copy of the report ‘Trade Returns of the Quetta-Seistan Trade Route, for the year 1900-1901.’ by Captain Frank Cooke Webb-Ware, Political Assistant, Chagai
- Printed copies of the Diary of Captain Robert Arthur Edward Benn, HM Vice-Consul for Seistan and Kain (for the period ending 31 March, 11 April, 30 April, 15 May, 17 June, and 15 September 1901).
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- 1 file (124 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in no apparent order within the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 126; 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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- Reports and Correspondence Relating to Persia, Including Trade and Trade Routes in Persia
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- front, front-i, 2r:125v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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