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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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Nasrullah Khan, Sartip—Is about 35 years of age and a descendant
of Amir Kilich Khan (viW* Timuri tribe) his grandfather, the Sarim-ul-Mulk,
who served under the Hisam-uS'Sultaneh during the siege of Herat in 1857.
His father Darwesh AH Khan was for a long time Governor of Khaf and on his
death in 1896 Nasrullah Khan became Governor but shortly after was dismiss
ed. At present he is without employment. Holds landed property in the Khaf
district.
R
RaiS-UF-Tujjar Aka Reza— Son of the late Haji Abul Kasim, Malik-
ut-Tujjar of Khorasan. Is the farmer of the Nishabur turquoise mines, in
partnership with the Muawin-ut-Tujjar. The late Malik-ut-Tujjar made his
fortune from these mines. Rais-ut-Tujjar is also the “ concessionnaire ” of the
Meshed-Ashkabad cart road, and owns much landed property in the Meshed,
Sabzawar and Nishabur districts. Age about 30 years.
Rukn-ul-Adala, Haji Mirza, Ibrahim—A Saiyid and a native of
Tabriz, is about 60 years of age. His grandfather Haji Saiyid Husain Aka was
a leading merchant of Tabriz. Has been in Meshed for the last eight years.
During the Governor-Generalship of the late Rukn-ud-Dowleh, Governor-General
of Khorasan and Seistan, was the Chief Civil Judge and at present is the head
of the mercantile Court at Meshed. His son, Mustansir-us-Sultaneh is Persian
Consul-General at Cairo.
Rukn-ul-Wazara, Mirza,-Ibrahim Khan— Was formerly Chief of
the passport Office in Khorasan and an Assistant in the Karguzari (Foreign
Office
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
) at Meshed. In 1897 was appointed Karguzar of Persian Sarakhs
but after a short time was transferred to Turbat-i-Haideri, recently bein^
removed from this post for ill-treating British Indian subjects. The Shah has
also ordered that he is to be dismissed from the service of the Foreign Office and
that he and his brother Mirza, Ali Asghar Khan, who was his Deputy at Turbat-
i-Haideri, are not to be again employed. Age about 40 years.
. SahAm-ul-Mulk, Mehdi Kuli, Mirza —Is the fourth son of Muhammad
Vali, Mirza, (born 1789, died 1862) son of Fath Ali Shah. Muhammad Vali
Mirza, came to Meshed with the Hisam-us-Saltaneh and settled with his family
in Khorasan. J
cu u He ; I s u e " as h ;= broth f- Kha ™ Mirza - Burhan-ul-MuIk and his nephew,
h a f S - n H vi ha "’ t f untasir ;. ul -? >lulk . own, much landed property in the
Meshed, Turbat-i-Haiden and Jam districts. Saham-ul-Mulk, took part in the
siege of Herat under the Hisam-us-Sultaneh in iSsy. Was Governor of Iim
Bakharz, Khaf and Yezd at different times and at present is Mutawalli Bashl
Mii-zl known 'as Kh'" 6 R l™ 3 /" 1 3t ^ eshed - Has a scm Muhammad Vali,
Mirza, knonn as Khan Baba (age about 18 years) who has lately returned from
7o U y 0 ears a of e Ig a e Sh ° rt eduCatl0n ' Saham -ul-Mulk is Amir Tuman and is about
years S o A Uge. U KHAN-Chief ot the Daragez district of Khorasan is about 45
Persia and Col'one'lYafe^'Kl 0 ^ b)ara £® z ar . e Turkish origin (see Gazetteer of
Be g lar Bed a net^v Kha of 0 T an V T hefirst Chief, Baba Khan
r U jgb a pe t|y Khan of Karshi, in Bokhara, m grated to Khorasan with
nor "of MKer^i'nDar J z ^ ^ ^ 3 ^ nt oi ^
and accomoanied him^bm 8 h I,- Baba ^ han becaine a favourite of Nadir Shah
Shah aDDointed him r„ gH h ' S f ™P a 'g ns - , As a reward for his services Nadir
PersL HewasHlIeH r'R^u and afterwads Mother provinces in
Commanders ^Nad r tb b 0khara - C H ! S " e P h ew, Behbud Khan, one of the
Gommanders of Nadir Shah s troops m Bokhara, was Governor of Abiverd. He
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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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