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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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ZAHIDAN.—
A village of 50 poor houses in the south-east of Pusht-i-Ab, close to the
old ruins of Zahidan. . . -
From the Darwaza-i-Bakhtiari, a high point in these ruins, a very tine
view over the surrounding country is obtained. The inhabitants are of the
Naotani and Panjkah clans. Water is obtained by a canal branching off
from the Rud-i-Hasinki north of Sharistan hill. ' , - ,
Resources.— Ywe and a half ploughs of cultivated land, 5 horses,
cattle, 800 sheep and goats, 8 camels, and 50 donkeys.
village of 20 poor huts which belongs to the Mahal of Sehkoha, and lies
in the valley running from Shahrak to Sehkoha in the south of Sheb-i-Ab.
There is excellent grazing close to the village.
Resources*— Three ploughs of cultivated land and a few cattle, sheep, and*
donkeys.
CH 1 LLINGAK.— . ,. , . .... .
Is a Mahal situated in the Miankangi district, which is subsidiary to the
Mahal of S aksidak . There are about 10 small villages, consisting of
wattle and daub huts. As the position of the villages is liable to change
and their names to alter frequently, they are not enumerated.
GALLACHA.— _ # * -p. i •
A small Mahal of Miankangi which is subsidiary to the Mahal ot Uen-i-
Dost Mohammed. ,
To mention the various small villages in the Mahal would serve no
purpose, as they are all of a temporary description, are moved to various £* ^
places according to the water-supply obtainable, and their names frequently ^
change.
MAHAL-I-SARTIP MIR MA’ASUM.- , 0 ^ M , rtrwi
A Mahal in Miankangi, irrigated by a canal dug by Sartip Mir Ma asum,
of which the chief village is Deh Ali Mardan-i-Lang.
There are other small villages in the Mahal, but as the names of these, as
well as their position, are liable to constant change, it is useless to enumerate
them.
MAHAL-I-NAHR-I-SARTIP MOHAMMED REZA.— ,. , . i
A Mahal of the Miankangi district situated in the extreme north, which is
irrigated by the canal dug by the Sartip Mohammed Reza. .
The chief villages in the Mahal are Tappa Kaniz, Ghurghuri, Reg-i-Mun,
Deh Bo , i, and other smaller ones, the names of which however are liable to
change often.
MAH AL-I-N A J AF KULI.- , , ^ xt v. • xr • f
A small Mahal in Miankangi, which is irrigated by the Nahr-i-Najat tvu .
The chief village is at present called Deh Katkhuda Ibrahim, but this name
as well as those of all the smaller villages of this Mahal are liable to fre
quently alter, and the villages themselves to change their position, conse
quently to enumerate them would be misleading after a lapse of a few years.
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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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