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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [29r] (62/617)
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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APPENDIX II.
Quetta-Seistan Trade Eoute.
tsl last year’s Boundary Commission vras^tha/'H 11 ' 4 follow ? 1 ^l 0 eonolusion
route between Quetta and Seistan, lyin- whXy w!tinn°tlie p r ?, < : t , cu ™ val1
s jsr "* sis, saw ts
in vain against (CSwiSliiKiSwti^Hb^Iillfc ,ua "g .'eatv past, straggksi
The protests of merchants'’ have been met ont he ‘ e Am "' im P osed -
heayier dues, and matters have come to such a^at t «;
merchants, whose connection with AfuhL ,, d r?nf many well known
from generations back, of late years have been comnetwi ^ SI:iN ,. tl ' ade dat ™
commerce;. Su>cli Cenfr*il Am’-i'n u c n om I K ef to WJ thdraw from
sources has slowly drifted i^SThe^ndfof '1 ^ fr0m Britisk
been backward in puttino- in motion every W . h . ,oh 011 . ,ts l' art has »ot
and its paramount position in Central Asia •ifbmhaV mt lnS ? n "' ty .P° uld devise,
Persian trade at the expense of ours d t0 P°P ulanze lts ™d
«~LJ 2 K!'£ , £rsZ l z £& TsJSS&S*--
direct caravan route between our nordi-west rail K f 0 P eni ?? U P a
and, at the close of last vear“devoted a sum of R 2S 200 ,?f AN
ffrant of Lis 6 500 fnr ™ ot Us< 2 'S200, and later on a further
stix&sg'sr, '-» 4 r b “,i — sr^scss
trade. " objective the re-habilitation of trans-frontier
flf restdenfe 1 h^lJ^iJcnm'Av'-r soutll '^ e f of ( i UETT D yet to the majority
offieors have befn ^w aL f iT nVeySb ' it 1 a nS ' ae ’ S0meUow > Ul e visits of
omcors nave been lew and far between, and, excepting that it has Ion- enmv
qU a rrei a s ln 0 t^stX;w na T° W T d f 11 . UQe ^ viabIe notoriety for its feSds and
q auels, inteaebted few. In developing the caravan route, Nushki will form
ie base whence goods and kafilas will be despatched and received and
toonen S un P df- lm t 1DarySteP ’- lt ^ essential that arrangements should be made
; open up duect communication with Quetta. In view of the verv slender
hapnilv th^atoV ’ P™ v e an insurmountable difficult ;
appily the assistance afforded by the Agent to the Governor-General
^d a re-nfaHdT* u* ^ ^ ^ * FQSt ° ffice established 111 ^ushki
aaia a legniar bi-weekly
dak
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
running.
.... J-. 1 A ! nl ° st immediately after my arrivalin Nushki, an opportunity offered
i se o ringing home to ail the fact that Government, had inaugurated a new
departure and was determined that in future the person of traders and the
property of caravans should be regarded as sacred. It came to mv knowledge
that a small Seistani kajila had been seised and plundered by the Jamaldini
Saidar under the plea—a mere subterfuge—that one of hi/entourage had
been subjected m Seistan to a like outrage several months previously. I
and tbi^-?-'’! ril t0 ? 1Spe i fr ° m the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
’ s mind the belief which he
f^ir inU K “r 6 f" 1 J ° 11? sllal ' ed that ever y weakly guarded caravan was their
an and legitimate prey. And to ensure the discontinuance of similar out
rages, I publicly placed the charge of all caravans passing through Nushki in
!?‘e hands of Muhammad Ali Khan, Zahar Menhal, -now a paid Govern
ment^ servant -, telling him that any less they might suffer would be
required at Ins hands. That not a caravan has since been subjected to either
■outrage or oss bears testimony to the fact that the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
has acted up to
ms responsibilities. 1
rWE i 0, !wf ^ r ; tb / an 1 uai T 1897 ’ 1 received the welcome news that Govern-
ment had allotted to
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Muhammad Ali Khan Ks. 7,000 yearly in lieu of
ms hereditary right to levy “ Sung.” The
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
had greeted my arrival in
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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.
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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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- ‘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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