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The record is made up of 1 file (388 folios). It was created in 17 Jan 1899-4 Apr 1904. 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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800 sowars Regarding the troubles between the chief and the Goklans I was
informed that a personage called the “ Ishan ” (i.e., «aiyid or Mulla) had been
deputed by the Goklans for the purpose of negotiations as to revenue, etc., with
the Persian Government, After visiting the Governor-General at Meslied he re
turned to Goklan countrv, where he met one of the officials of the chief, to
whom he showed the Governor-Genenl’s orders. This official arrested the
Ishan and sent him to the chief who flogged and imprisoned him. On this the
Goklans appealed to the Governor-General, who obtained his release. He was
directed to go to Meshed, but from Kuchan he returned to the Goklan country
bv a circuitous route, where ho stirred up the Goklans against the chief. The
Ishan is said to be a native of Balkh and to be a powerful Mulla and preacher.
He is also reported to have lived for long in Russian territory. He has now
been for some years in the Goklan country, where he has a considerable
followino’ and much influence. According to the Kalantar of Shirwan the
Ishan is°m Russian pay, and has at their instigation intrigued with the Goklans
against the chief of Bujnurd. The Russians are also said to have promised to
furnish the Goklans with arms and money. This information was obtained
at Shirwan and confirmed at Bujnurd. At the latter place it was further stat
ed that the Ishau before his departure to Meshed had secretly visited Ashka*
bad, where he remained for 5 or 6 days. I was informed that the Sndr-i-Azam
had telegraphed to the Governor-General of Khorassan to send the Ishan to
Teheran.
On my return to Meshed I was informed that besides the sowars the
chief had taken with him to the Goklan territory, 100 sowars were sent to him
at his request from Deragez, and 100 Timuri sowars were to proceed to his
assistance, when a telegram was received by the Governor-General saying that
the men were not wanted. The chief did not succeed in obtaining the revenue
due to the Persian Government from the Goklans.
May 1st, 1899. —Bujnurd. Several reports have been from time to time
received regarding certain persons who were discontented with the chief of
Bujnurd, and had in consequence gone to Ashkabad to complain from winch
place they were induced to return. The malcontents are :—
1. Haji Sultan-uz-Zakirim, with 12 members of his family.
2. Asadulla Beg, once Deputy Governor of Bujnurd.
3. Abbas Beg, Mir Akhor.
4. Sons of Karbalai Kuli, Mir Akhor.
5. Muhammad Khan Beg, Sisabi.
6 . Hussain Kuli Beg, Mehnai.
7. AH Beg, son of Muhammad Khan Beg.
8 . Ali Akbar Beg, Kamranlu.
9. Rahimdad Beg, Khabzranlu, with 12 members of his family.
10. Ali Muhammad Beg, Botanlu, with 10 members of his family.
11. Shir Khan Beg, with 10 members of his family.
12. Aziz Khan Beg, with 12 members of his family.
13. Abbas Kuli Beg and Bahbud Beg with 16 members of their family.
14. Sultan Muhammad Aka.
15. Muhammad Jafar Aka.
16. Muhammad Taki Aka.
17. Ismail Aka.
18. Aziz Aka.
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The file contains papers relating to Seistan [Sistan] and Persia [Iran].
The file includes printed copies of despatches from the Agent to the Governor-General of India and HM Consul-General for Khorasan and Seistan (Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Martindale Temple), to the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department, with enclosed despatches from Captain Percy Molesworth Sykes to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (the Marquis of Salisbury). Skyes’s despatches regard matters including: Seistan; trade routes into South-East Persia; the boundary between Persia and Afghanistan, in relation to the River Helmund [Helmand] changing its course (in despatch No. 5, which includes four sketch maps, folios 12, 13, 14 and 15); Sykes’s journey to Birjand (in despatch No. 7, which includes a sketch map on folio 20); the ruling family of Kain, which also governed Seistan, Tabbas and Tun; Sykes’s journey from Seistan to Kerman [Kirman] (in despatch No. 11, which includes a sketch map); and the direct Kerman-Quetta caravan trade that Sykes was trying to establish.
The file also includes copies of the following papers:
- A despatch from Temple to the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department, enclosing a letter from Temple to Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (HM Minister, Tehran), with copies of enclosures, regarding the establishment of a Seistan and Kain consulate
- A letter from Charles Edward Pitman, Director General of Telegraphs, to the Secretary to the Government of India Public Works Department, enclosing a copy of a ‘Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for a Telegraph Line from Quetta to the Persian Frontier’ by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department, which includes six photographs of views along the route [Mss Eur F111/352, f 52; Mss Eur F111/352, f 53; Mss Eur F111/352, f 54; Mss Eur F111/352, f 55; Mss Eur F111/352, f 56; and Mss Eur F111/352, f 57], and a map showing the proposed route of the telegraph line [Mss Eur F111/352, f 59]
- Letters from Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, to the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department, enclosing copies of the diary of the Political Assistant, Chagai, for the weeks ending 16 February, 28 February, and 8 March 1900
- Diary No. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 of Major-General George Frederick Chenevix-Trench, HM Consul for Seistan (Diary No. 6 includes a sketch map, folio 86)
- A copy of a ‘Report on Reconnaissances Made while Attached to the Seistan Arbitration Commission’ by W A Johns, Deputy Consulting Engineer for Railways, Bombay
- A copy of the report ‘Notes on Persian Seistan’, compiled by Captain Edward Abadie Plunkett, and issued by the Government of India Intelligence Branch, Quarter-Master General’s Department
- Two copies of map signed by Plunkett titled ‘Persian Seistan-Cultivated Area’ [Mss Eur F111/352, f 270]
- A booklet entitled ‘Notes on the Leading Notables, Officials, Merchants, and Clergy of Khorasan, Seistan, Kain, and Kerman.’
- Printed copies of letters from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India (Lord George Francis Hamilton), relating to the maintenance of British interests in Persia, dated 4 September 1899 and 7 November 1901 (the former with an enclosure of a minute by the Viceroy on Seistan).
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- 1 file (388 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of 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 390; 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. The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 301A
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- Title
- 'Seistan'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:51v, 58r:58v, 60r:112r, 113r:125v, 147r:218r, 218r, 219r:269v, 271r:301v, 301Ar, 301Av, 302r:388v, 389v:390r, 389r, back
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