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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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met with in it to cause disturbance, but still some provision for defence includ
ing iron doors and windows, would be necessary. 1
Nnshki, 96 miles from Quetta, is a comparatively large village as mention^
m paragraph 3, with a levy thana post, and has a good supply of water. I n th
ymimty there are slates, sand-stones, and ancient volcanic rocks suitable for mhuf
building only. * luuoie
Dalian Jin, 813 miles from Quetta, has a levy thana post, and a srnnJ
supply or water, but no village near; in its vicinity are ancient volcanic rocks ana
granites, very much jointed, and suitable for rubble masonry only
Amir Chah. 359 miles from Quetta, has a levy thana post and a fair surmlv
of water from three wells, no village near; in the vicinity are ancient volcanir
rocks, and limestones, extremely jointed and suitable for rubble masonry only
Koh-i-Malik Stall, or Robat Killa, 503 miles from Quetta, has a levy thana
post, and a good supply of water, no village near; there is plenty of £rev ^ranihA
in the vrcrnty whrch could be shaped in blocks; also nummuIitfc lL^stone
could be quarned from the east base of Koh-i-Malik Siah in Afghan territorv
his is magnificient material for building and can easily be shaped. ^ *
, Th ®, 4 P' aces mentioned above are the most important along the trarf*
route; the thanas are very roughly constructed, but offer the § most lt\
come shelter to travellers, the staff at each consists of one Thamadar ! '
Duffadar
A Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry.
, 5 or 6 levy sowars who are employed as escorts and
dak
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
carters
tofolbw S ° r SU ' deS Wh ° accom P an y caravans and point out to them th;‘track
At Ladis, if the line goes through it, an observation station u
sary; there is a small village or habitation, and a good supdv of wai tf
only stones available for building are boulders of lava a ^ er ’ l ^ e
river bed, washed by ancient flo^ from theKoh.i-Taftan trewould'be LadiS
able for rubble masonry only. ’ ese WOulci be suit-
ioi. As regards Telegraph Offices for local business, none are necessary
Telegraph Offices for local business. there is no probability of any revenue ac-
route. An idea of the trade passing through ^th^ te J e " ra pb traffic along the
Dalbandin and Amir Chah f-om is^Ianuarv to oiQ^n 1101 ^ t ^ a 0 nas Nus bki,
from the following figures. J y 3,St Decembe ^ 1898 will be had
KharSl&k, 4 SS: , H P e a r :r d lf a ffir fr0 ^ a, ! h dir 7 ti0nS ’
Helmund included in the term Garmsel. ’ an(i t ^ e ^ lstr i c ts along the
DalianJin about 04,000 camels passed through from all directions.
regret 1 have no’figured for°Robat 7 <ffi'la ^Ttb thr ^ gh from a11 directions. I
less than at any of the other than^^ bUt the traffic throu 2 h ^is is probably
Rest houses or huts for the line staff will, I think, be required at
Rest houses (or line staff. Shakkar Chah Padag, Yadgarffiuzakj 1
Mukakaf; Statement II attached gives thl p^^ 1 ’ & ? a ? z ! 1 - and Saindak, or
There will be no difficulty in arranging for the R° f the ’ r CCSt at Rs ' 2 5 ° each -
smtable accommodation can probably be obtained at Kanat and Kurd and 9 ,^
1The staff required for maintenance will he , ^" SeS-
Maintenance „«fF. to be had west oTffushki,‘except "pwfapT
At Quetta
At Nushki
« Lineman, t riding camel.
••• ■ Signaller, t Sub-Inspector.
• Lineman, 2 Riding camels.
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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'
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- 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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