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Coll 28/91 ‘Persia. Iran-Baluchistan Frontier; Violation of the frontier by British levies and Iranians’ [221r] (441/551)
The record is made up of 1 file (272 folios). It was created in 23 Sep 1930-19 Jul 1939. 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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(£ 74*0/7^39/34)
Alleged Intrusion of British Levies into Pcrblaa Terri tory
gear Kdhak.
Mr* Rendel a^ked the Persian Minister to call this morning
in order to receive the information furnished by the Government
of India upon the complaint made by his Government that British
levies had occupied two places called Gorich (or Xurich) and
Kalag in Persian territory near Kuhak.
2* Mr. Rendel read to M. Ala the greater part of the
Government of India’s telegram Mo. 3346 of December 17th
(E 7357/7239/34)» bowdlerizing, however, the references in that
telegram to the probable reason for possible Persian designs on
Gorich Xalag.
3. M. Ala was told that Gorich and Kalag were really one
place and the position was carefully explained to him on the
map (India and Adjacent Countries No. 31 M. 4 ** to i m.), which
he was told that he could buy if he so desired at Messrs.
Sifton Praed, or Messrs Stanford. He was also shown the
relevant parts of the text of the Holdich Agreement of 1896 and
told that although Aitchison’s Treaties were published in India
he could doubtless purchase in London the volume of these
treaties (i.e. Volume XI 1933 edition) in which it appears*
4 * Mr. Rendel emphasised the fact that the important point
was that the Gorich Kalag, which the British levies had been
regularly patrolling for some time past and had now occupied,
was at least a mile on the British side of the frontier, which
lay in that section along a clearly defined watershed and that
its position had been recently carefully verified* in
answer to an enquiry by M. Ala he said that he had not heard
that Persian troops had ever visited this place, but the
movements/
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Correspondence, papers and maps relating to territorial infringements by British and Persian subjects (levies, troops, customs officials) across the border dividing Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan (part of present-day Pakistan). Correspondence is chiefly exchanged between the British Legation in Tehran, the Foreign Office in London, and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India. The correspondence includes efforts to ascertain the facts and circumstances of reported incidents, and the ensuing diplomatic correspondence with the Persian Government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Incidents covered include: in September 1930, the arrival in Dizzak [Dīzūk], Persian Baluchistan, of British levies in pursuit of camel thieves; in November 1935, the presence of British troops near Kuhak [Nūk Jow], Persia, the Persian Government’s dispatch of 400 troops to the region, the British Government’s insistence that the area occupied by its troops at Gorich Kalag [Gorich Categ] lay in British territory, and assertions that troops were dispatched in response to reports that a Persian occupation of the area was anticipated; in November 1937, the raid of a shop in Pilani Sunt (referred to locally as Kastag [Kastak]) by Iranian customs officials, regarded by British officials as an incursion into British territory.
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- 1 file (272 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 274; 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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- Coll 28/91 ‘Persia. Iran-Baluchistan Frontier; Violation of the frontier by British levies and Iranians’
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- front, front-i, 2r:78v, 84r:89v, 91r:103v, 107r:116v, 119r:128v, 130r:185v, 187r:214v, 216r:217v, 219r:248v, 250r:257v, 259r:275v, back
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