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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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37 huts built in a depression amongst low hills, about S
miles from Kimak and 4 miles from Khwaja Ahmed.. Water is obtained
by a canal flowing from the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab near Burj-i-Sarband, and the
overflow water forms a large lake in the vicinity of the village, which
belongs to the Mahal of Sbaristani-Kohna.
The inhabitants are Gurgich, Sberanzai, and Sarhadi Baluchis.
Besources.—Voxxr ploughs of cultivated land, 650 sheep and goats, 14
camels, and 27 donkeys.
CHANG-I-MARGHUn.— _ .
A village of 40 houses on the right bank of the Rud-i-Sheb.i-Ab in the
district of Sheb-i-Ab.
The inhabitants are principally of the Gallawi Clan.
Resources. —Four ploughs of cultivated land, 15 cattle, and a few sheep
and donkeys.
^^smaU village of 25 houses in the north-west of Pusht-i-Ab, which be
longs to Kachian.
The inhabitants are chiefly Sargazi and Kamah.
Charak with adjoining scattered clumps of houses own i.0 ploughs ot
cultivated land. The cultivation however depends entirely on a good
supply of water, and after the drought of 1902, there is no land under
cultivation this year. . Qnf .
Resources .—Five ploughs of cultivated land in normal years, 6 oxen, oUU
sheep and goats, and 15 donkeys.
CHARKHAMI.— nv u
A village of 20 houses, situated in the Mahal of Sehkoha, on a small branch
canal of the Nobar-i-Sehkoba in the south of Sheb-i-Ab, which belongs to
the Mahal of Sehkoha. ,
Resources .—Two ploughs of cultivated land, and a few cattle, sheep ana
donkeys.
CHILLING.— . , ,
An old village of some 250 houses, built on high ground on the left banK
of the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab, across which there is a ford, apparently at all
times passable by camels. Chilling has been the chief seat of the Mis i ar
tribe for some years, and is the head-quarters of the Mahal of the same
name. The Mahal is at present shared between two Katkhudas, of whom
Derweish is a ** ChatlaMishkar and Asdullah a Mishkar proper.
The village was originally exceedingly well built, but repairs have been
entirely neglected, and many of the houses are now in a decaying condition.
However a few palm trees scattered about in the fruit gardens surrounding
the village, and the fine Sheb-i-Ab canal flowing past its northern extremity
lend it a pleasant appearance, and it would furnish a good camping ground.
The inhabitants are of many clans, but chiefly Mishkar and Said.
Resources.—we ploughs of cultivated land, 10 horses, 50 cattle, 150
sheep and goats, and 100 donkeys.
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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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- '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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