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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [15v] (35/617)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (301 folios). It was created in 22 Jun 1896-3 Mar 1900. 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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claim for compensation for the men killed and wounded and the property
carried off. Once the Persian Government are made to pay up this, they will
be ready to bestir themselves to prevent further claims in the future, and I
would suggest that an official he appointed on either side to form a joint
commission after the manner of the agreement entered into between the
Russian and Persian Governments for a joint commission on the Khorassan
fVnn+ipv ns not, fid in narasTapk 3 of my diary for the week ending 18th June
1897
The Governor of Persian Baluchistan will then be bound to co-operate
with Lieutenant Webb-Ware in tracing and punishing these raiders.
Meanwhile, till things settle down a bit, it will evidently be necessary to
increase the number of levies along the road and to have strong guards with
all travellers and caravans.
Enclosure No. 7.
No. 44, dated Gulahek, the 4th September 1897.
From—-The Hon'ble Mr. Charles Hardinge, C.B., Her Majesty's Charge
d'Affaires, Tehran,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
I have the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch as
rrpi xt n v x i qq* marked in the margin, which I have
To Colonel Yate, No. 11, of 3rd September 1897. .t ,, -R-i •
addressed to Her Britannic Majesty’s
Consul-General at Meshed.
No: 11, dated Gulahek, the 3rd September 1897.
From—The Hon'ble Mr. Charles Hardinge, C.B., Her Majesty's Charge
d'Affaires, Tehran,
To— Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Yati, C.S.I., C.M.G., Her Britannic Majesty's
Consul-General at Meshed.
I have received your diary of 10th August 1897, in which mention is
made of the Seistan-Nushki route, and of the raids made by the Damauis on the
Persian frontier against caravans passing to and from Seistan and Quetta.
I enclose to you herewith a memorandum which has been drawn up by
Colonel Picot, 3rd September 1897. LieutCUaUt-Colonel Picot, in which he
stat^affairs, and I beg to state theS
Se C rclirTtoif^o^rn^nt C ofIodia. eSPatCh ^ itS incl ° SUre to the
I have read Colonel Tate’s diary of 10th August* 1897, on the subject of
* Date is wrongly cited. The diary for week ^ 16 ® e i s l^n-Nushki Toad, wllfirpin vavirmo
ending 20 th August 1897 is meant. extracts from Lieutenant Webb-Ss
E. h. s. Clarkb. letters are given.
Damanis and others from^arha^have^fifi 1,310161,8 !- . the . 1>ersian Frontier,
Seistan, and are causing trouble to the purG* 116 the increase( l traffic by
Quetta. avans passing to and from Seistan to
ernment he taken to tas^forpemitTw 11that the Persia n Gov-
I question very much the utMUv of at lntplerable of affairs,
on the subject. Their hold over tribes the Persian Government
tremely slight, and complaints or claims !v! 8ar ' ad mUSt ne<!R ssarily he ex-
the Government to regard our schemes fortheTtf 1011 W ° Uld Pr ° babl y lead
Seistan with disfavour. or tiie better communication with
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The volumes contain papers relating to Persia [Iran], including Seistan, and the tract of land south of the Baluch-Afghan boundary between Nushki and Persia, which had become British territory following the demarcation of the Afghan-Baluch border.
The papers largely consist of printed copies of correspondence between the Governor General of India in Council (Government of India Foreign Department) and the Secretary of State for India (Lord George Francis Hamilton), and enclosed correspondence and papers.
Letters from the Governor General of India in Council to the Secretary of State for India include:
- Number 170, 16 September 1896, relating to the opening up of a trade route between Nushki and the Persian frontier, crossing the tract of British territory south of the Baluch-Afghan boundary, and the protection of the newly-demarcated frontier, with enclosed memorandum by Captain Arthur Henry McMahon, British Commissioner, Baluch-Afghan Boundary Commission, containing his proposals for the management and administration of the tract and for the protection of the trade route
- Number 58, 31 March 1898, concerning the trade route between Baluchistan and Persia, including the suggestion that Consular Agents should be appointed at central points along it between Seistan and Meshed, with enclosures including a report by Lieutenant Frank Webb-Ware, Political Assistant at Chagai, on his visit to Seistan at the beginning of 1896, and the measures introduced for the development of trade between Baluchistan and Persia (which includes a blueprint map, Mss Eur F111/350, f 33)
- Number 163, 15 September 1898, forwarding copies of papers regarding the situation in Makran and Panjgur, following recent ‘disturbances’ in Makran.
The file also includes:
- Copies of Government of India Foreign Department papers numbered 40-58 relating to the Kerman Consulate and British interests in Southern Persia, including correspondence between the Government of India Foreign Department and the Secretary of State for India
- A letter from the Secretary of State for India to the Governor General of India in Council, with enclosed despatch from Sir (Henry) Mortimer Durand, HM Minister at Tehran, to the Foreign Office, dated 12 February 1899, in which he gives his opinion on suggestions for the appointment of additional consular officers in Persia (this includes a map titled ‘Skeleton Map of Telegraph Lines in Persia.’ Mss Eur F111/350, f 187)
- A letter from Durand to the Secretary to the Foreign Department of the Government of India, 24 February 1899, enclosing a copy of his memorandum (with appendices) drawn up in 1895 on the situation in Persia, and the steps he proposed should be taken to improve the British position there
- Copies of a draft despatch from the Governor General of India in Council, 2 September 1899, regarding relations between Great Britain and Persia, including improving the British Political and Consular service in Persia, and the extent of the share of responsibility for Persia that should be devolved upon the Government of India, followed by printed comments upon the draft
- Copies of a minute by George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India, on Seistan, dated 4 September 1899, including the question of a railway connection between India and Seistan
- Handwritten pencil notes by Curzon relating to Persia and the ‘Seistan Question’.
In addition to the two maps noted above, the file also includes the following maps: map of the area south of the border between Afghanistan and Baluchistan (Mss Eur F111/350, f 300); map of the area west of the border between Persia and Afghanistan (Mss Eur F111/350, f 301); and ‘Route Plan of Robat Nala’ (Mss Eur F111/350, f 302).
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes (301 folios)
- Arrangement
Most of volume A is arranged in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume (from folios 6 to 76); volume B is arranged is rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover of volume one (ff 1-150) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 151-304); 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.
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- Title
- ‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’
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- front , back , spine, edge , head , tail, front-i, 2r:32v, 34r:62v, 64r:84r, 86r, 89r:93v, 96r:96v, 99v:100v, 101v:128v, 129v:149v, back-i, front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 152r:186v, 188r:189r, 190r:299v, 303r:304v, back-i
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