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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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^T^Katkhudi^Ghulam Khan, son o£ Sher Dil Khan, Sharaki. A small
village in the Mahal-i-Sharaki situated to the north oE tha ^-i-Sheb-i-Ab
close to Jazinak. The village was formerly on the Mahal-i-Dashtak, but
since the Rud-i-Sheb-i-Ab was diverted into its present channel, it has
^There^m S)" ploughs o£ arable land, « horses, 20 donkeys, and 150 sheep
belonging to the village in which there are 30 houses.
N A^iUag’e of 100 houses, in the centre of the Sheb-i-Ab district about l\
miles from Chilling, on a small canal leading from the Rud-i-bheb-i-AD.
Resources.— ‘Twelve ploughs of cultivated land, 5 horses, oO cattle, W
sheep and goats, 3 camels and 35 donkeys.
N A^smali village of 20 houses, in Pusht-i-Ab about 6 miles from Nasrata-
bad, which is subsidiary to the large village of Iskel. It is situated in
a highly irrigated and cultivated part of Seistan.
The inhabitants are chiefly of the Nuri clan. _ , i
Resources.—Three ploughs of cultivated land, 9 cattle, 100 s eep a
goats, and 15 donkeys.
NASIRABAD.— t £ ^
A village of 50 houses, situated in the extreme west of the iNaizar or
Hamun, about 6 miles from Nasaratabad, which obtains its water-supply
from the Rud-i*Adimi by means of a small branch canal. 1 e ,
in this district sparsely cultivated, and except when inundated by
Naizar in flood time, is easy to traverse.
The villagers are chiefly of the Kakha, Kochak, Arif, and Zor 0 ^ 3 -
Resources.— ploughs of cultivated land, 5 horses, 20 cattle, 250 sneep
and goats, and 30 donkeys.
NASIRABAD-l-SAID USUF.— , L , ., p , aKf .•
A small village of 20 houses, situated in the south-west o ie .,
Ab district between Afzalabad and Nasratabad, which be 0 , .
Bakir, who, however, lives in Sehkoha and appoints an agent to act tor a.
The land in the vicinity of the village is sparsely cultivated. e in
ants are chiefly Sargazi and Siahsar. _ D v,o»n
Resources.—¥ive ploughs of cultivated land, 1 horse, 12 cattle, P
and goats, and 20 donkeys,
NASRATABAD— . , r ^
In which there are about 300 families, is the capital of t e P r ® vl
Seistan, and is always known as <£ Shahr/* It is a large and wa e
^ or big village extremely filthy, of which the fortifications, wi a
external assistance, would soon collapse. 11 n u Q <j 4,0
Ninety-five mules (belonging to the Amir), 11 or ,
cows, 200 sheep and goats, and 120 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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- '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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