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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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From Mirui the Koh-i-Malik Gat can readily be seen from any rising ground •
the trade route passes about 200 yards to the north of this, so that the general
direction can at once be determined on westwards. From Koh-i-Malik Gat
the sand-hill Sor Reg, 6i miles away, can be seen by the aid of field glasses and
from Sor Reg the Koh-i-Malik Gat can, on a clear day, be seen by the naked eve -
hence there will be no difficulty in fixing the direction here ; the sand, however'
west of Butak will give a lot of trouble, and the greatest care will be required in
marking out between that and Amir Chah.
It will be necessary to have local guides for each stage west of Butak • the
camel track often gets lost in the sand and a stranger to the place without a
guide would soon find himself in difficulties. The cournry along here is of the
most desolate description ; no signs of life or habitation are to be seen excent
at the levy shelter posts along the route. P
4a. From Amir Chah to Ladis there is no recognized track to be followed •
Estimate Part n, Amir Chah acc o r ding to the course recommended, and shewn
toUd,s ' 85miles - roughly by a red line on the map, sheets No. , 4
the fircf *7 rmioc 'e fi, 1 ^^h’East, 14 North-West and 14 South-West
hilly country and then on t o a^h^"^ h ‘ 11S ’’ ? to * 6 miles throu g h undulating
absolutely nothing growing on itST? ? sert P ia,n i s™ 1 st ™y with
fc . 6 * fTfcitSi.'SS
to approach near Duzai and MukafcJf? i^ 6 ' 1 made so,newhat circuitous, so as
is not fit for drinking unless filtered and h? er , e , water ' s met . "ith; that at Duzgi
Bombay Cavalry, "vho has heen evn, “‘f- firSt - Ca P tain R - E - Roome, 6th
partment, had a samnle of thic ' " r,n f t ^V s country for the Intelligence De-
„ri' r r , “ d - ■' ,* m m t cl ' M ' rd » C,p„m
i..twi, , m , tM “ cfzmzszzz i y *“■
Analysis of a sample of Duzgi water. * ‘
Colour. Light yellowish brown.
T «nW*7y.—Marked.
Off Offensive.
Sediment. Cop^ous^ “^‘ in d f b 0 ^ mic roscopic examination mostly of sand with
^"-^ -CWorme consideraMy in excess of ,o grains per
S 1 grain pefgaUon ’ e “ 0 ™ 0us excess « more th an
Prolonged boding and filtering ^Xh^dispose 00 ? tl"" 1 ! - aS • fit f ° r <,rinkil, !J purposes.
organic matter, but no treatment sWodisld 0b , , i Ctl0n due to the presence of
constituents A more detailed examination ' vould In a "y way affect the saline
sample so obviously contaminated.'' th that glven above is uncalled for in a
c. B. MELVILLE, M.B.,
I may S av that tbi, . Surgeon Captain, A. M. S.
with other water one^ has'to* drink^in'the cou^t badly, compares in taste favorably
exercised in the treatment of wate"before dl?-'f 6 ? 651 Caudon has ^
the construction parties will require to nive X b 2 ’ and the - officer , in char g a of
43 mitefi'no^wateHs'meTwkh i^th? water e a t ' C ^[ t X]f 9 ' ie: ^' 1<a ' 1< ^^ t u k 2 kaL t ab r out
” S;, Mi f “ ,d Ud “»4 » tacli,h
r„n. t on the east hv ?’ h and west ' and bounded
runs from east to west along the no?W„ X X S L t0ny desert - A river bed
too feet h,gh ; most of its bfd is now d™ excen?*? 6 P ' a!n ’ banks from 5° to
now dry, except where a stream of water flows;
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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)
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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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