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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [16v] (37/617)
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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r a flip importance of a more accurate survey of the country between
DalbancUn and the Persian frontier. I would strongly recommend that if
nntihle a surrey officer should be detailed to accompany the Political Assist-
ant on thk yea* tour, and if he can be spared, Mr. G. P. Tate would froin his
previous experience, be the most suitable officer for the work Also, if it is
possible so to arrange, I would suggest that an officer of the Geological Depart-
merit should be appointed to accompany the Political Assistant and to report
on the yarious valuable mineral deposits with which the country seems to
abound.
5. As Mr. Webb- Ware is anxious to start from Quetta on the present tour
early in October, I shall be glad of early orders on this letter. ^ Mr. Webb-
Ware should spend as much of the cold weather as possible in the desert,
exploring the country and shortening and improving the trade route. I hope,
too, that”much may be done in encouraging immigration into and cultivation
in parts of Dalbandin and in completing arrangements for the collection of a
light grazing tax and other forms of revenue. It would be a great assistance
also if the Government of India would sanction the appointment of the Native
Assistant and establishment suggested in my No. 1437-0., dated 29th July
1897.
No. 272 ; dated the 3rd September 1897.
From—The Political Assistant, Chageh,
To—The Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan.
I have the honour to solicit your instructions on the subject of my
approaching cold weather tour. J
2. I would suggest the following as the outline of the tour to be carried
out:—
A. Leaving Quetta for Nushki as early next month as possible, and
halting at Nushki, only sufficient time to settle such cases as
adj * U ?> meut ‘ 1 P ro P ose to march thence to Robat Koh-i-
Malik Siah via the lately opened caravan route, inspecting the
several thanas and chowkis en route,
B. From Robat, should time permit, I should like to follow the Perso-
toKirman^ 161, ^ ^ S ° Uth aS Mir j awa and then ce strike west
C ' NO wa s e that "T'Lr r T lt followed “y Iate ‘0 Seistan
Britkh h w-t raldltg . r ° m that coun try across the border into
confer 7t t°J “'TV With tMs result before I do not
On™ V* mUch to antlc ipate that a visit to the Deputy
“ " 1 ~ l ”■>* s "“ “S
such a tour as I proposef no°7nnds ar^ ava’^tl acoord san ction to
charges. e dvai l a l>le to meet the necessary tour
4. A reference to the marginally cited account shows that the Es. 28,200
allotted to my Political Assistancy is
under t r |Uate t0 , C0ver the oxpeLes
under the yarious heads for which the
provkioTh dl i e ° tly int f nded i ail d that no
Cr X h b ® e “ made for either travel-
omission k aUOe f 0r t i 0 l Ur ex P ensc s. This
factthslth p 1 ®/°^ in view of the
to rem^n t - PO ltlCa l Assistantis intended
on tour S1S m ° nths out of oaoh year
500 per
at
Political Assistant’s pay at Es
mensem ,
Present pay m Rs - 1 ’ 600 P Cr mensem'
Present office establishment’s pay
Es. 158 per mensem . r J -
Increase in office establishment at Rs 42
per mensem . ns< ^
Office contingencies at Es'. 60 p^ mensem .*
Total
Rs.
6,000
19.200
1,896
504
600
28.200
be carried on camels. froutler applies are available-all haye to
of
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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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