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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [85v] (175/617)
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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Sealed Kauda Muhamad Klian Naib of Panjgur.
Sealed Mir Tamaz Khan Sarpara.
Sealed Mir Bazar Khan Muhamad Shahi.
Sealed Mir AH Naib of Khudabadan.
Sealed Mnlla Mihrol Mullazai.
Sealed Mulla Abdul Rahman Mullazai.
Sealed Nabi Bux Kenagizai I.
Signed Na'bi Bux Kenagizai II.
Signed Mir Muhamad Raid.
Signed Kamal Khan Gitchki.
Sealed Nur Muhammad Gitchki.
Sealed Abdulla Khan Muhamad Shahi.
Jirga recommendation approved.
(Signed) S. G. KNOX, Lieutenant,
Folitical Agent, Knlat,
Camp Isai ;
22nd November 1S97.
APPENDIX B.
flcte on the Kharan-KaJat boundary, th a Sung on the Panjgnr-Kaht and Kolwa-Kalai routes and
the encroachments committed by Naoxherwani
Sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
and others within Makran limits.
It is best to explain at the commencement that conversation with the people
of the country convinces an impartial observer that there is, at present, properly
speaking, no Kharan-Kalat boundry. The rights alleged rest on a very shallow
foundation. It is only within quite recent years that there has been, in this part
of the country, any exception to “ The good old rule the simple plan that he
should take who has the power and he should keep who can. ’’
2. I would disclaim here any authority for this note. It has been compiled
from stray conversation, notes made here and there and is simply intended to
give a general idea of the opinions of the people who live on the border and are
naturally most interested.
3. Commencing from the extreme w'est, B. P. 2 of the Parso-Baluch
Commission, we pass to a point where the RodT-Mashkel and Rakshan join
to form the Tank-i-Gwarag and thence follow the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of the Rakshan to
somewhere near the Seminj pass, where the boundary takes a sharp turn to the
south on to the Rakshan river. Here the first serious difference of opinion
arises, the Naosherwani
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.
says that the boundary should cut the river at
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.
*i-Chah, the Khan says at Kenig-i-Chah. The boundary now crosses the
river and climbs the hills on the opposite side, traverses the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of
Rakshan and Gitchk to Zangilak and thence drops into the valley. We leave
Saka-Kalat on our right and make for the Gitchk, follow that stream to its
junction M T ith the Raghai and so down along their united waters; we pass
Pashtkoh on the right of the river, where
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.
Sir Nouroz Khan lias a sum*
post (of which more hereafter) and finally arrive at Awar, the junction of the
Tank and Mashkai. J
Here again we find the parties cannot agree.
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.
Sir Nauroz Khan declares that the boundary should now -o south
L°nd S on e the V bank ol ° ultivable
This would seem to be a verv unnatural line for
fair to 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.
to say that the whole of the strip
Gwarjak is, to its sorrow, a slice of “ no man’s land
land.
it to take, but it is only
from Dahira-na-bent to
” or rather everv man’s
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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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