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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [89v] (183/617)
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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4. To return to TurTmfc, Mir Mehrab Khan, Gitchivi, was joined a few
days later by his brother and Mir Baluch Khan.
The number of the rebels increased rapidly, as the news of their success
was spread abroad. Appendix It shows a list of the principal leaders, the
various acts of hostility for which each was responsible, where they now are,
and the punishment awarded to each delinquent.
Small parties of the rebels moved in the direction of the sea coast,
looted Pasni and virtually destroyed all the telegraph lines from Pasni to
Gwadur. They attempted with some success to drive off camels from the
country between Ormara and Pasni, as Mir Mehrab Khan rightly judged that
an advance of troops from Ormara would be hindered, or even absolutely stop
ped, if camels were not forthcoming.
They threatened the loyal Chiefs, who were protecting the Khan’s repre
sentative at Kalatuk, and did all in their power to induce them to join the
revolt. Some of their methods were truly ludicrous. Mir Abdul Karim and
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.
Sh’Omer were informed by the mullahs that, if they persisted in thwart
ing the triumph of Islam, they would become monkeys with long tails.
5. As soon as Captain Burn’s telegram was received in Karachi, the Gen
eral Officer Commanding detached a wing of the 30th Bombay Infantry under
Colonel Mayne to Ormara. This prompt action was of the greatest service.
The news spread quickly and convinced the wavering that the British Govern
ment intended to support the Khan’s representative, while the more intelligent
Chiefs realized that the suppression of the rebellion was only a matter of
time.
6. I joined Colonel Mayne’s column on the 17th January at Ormnra.
Transport difficulties delayed our departure for Pasni, whither it was decided
to change the base of operations, until the 20th. We reached Pasni on the
2oth, and here the column was increased to 400 infantry and two mountain
guns.
On the 27th, Colonel Mayne’s force started for Turbat. I remained behind
to help on the cavalry who arrived on the 27th. We left Pasni on the morning
of the 2£tli and caught up the main body on the morning of the 3tst.
We were just in time for the fight. Baluch Khan with his following,
estimated at about 1,500 men, had decided to oppose Colonel Mayne’s advance
on Turbat at a defile, called Gok-Prusht. The enemy’s flanks were turned, and
their defeat was complete. They fled in disorder, leaving Mir Baluch Khan
and Mir Mehrab Khan, Noshir wan is, and Mir Shukr Ullnh, an influential
Gitchkifrom lump, dead on the field. Their total loss in killed and wounded
may he estimated at about 150. Our own loss was small.
f° rce marched into Turbat that evening and found the fort occupied
by Mn Mein ah Khan, Gitchki. It was watched night and day but not
attacked, as it was considered necessary to await the arrival of explosives and
oi tne sappers and miners.
The sappers and miners marched in on the evening of the 2nd of Februarv
W, 1 tlf a - ta ?i k r iir P l f> i n I led , f , 0 /, tLe followin S morning, when a report na
brought m that Mir Mehrab Khan had escaped during the night.
8. I received information that Mir Sher Muhammad, Gitchld, of Nasiraha.
was harbouring some of Mir Mehrab Khan’s family, and it was resolved t
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and the KaU State troops from Nasivabad. The main body came ui
wasinfOTmTdTLfw ’® a' t ' d a l 1a , rl , e - v was lleM . Mir SherVuhammai
s4df“ny of^lt •M^. , ^T? Cd '°r 8 1? rel ! examine all the men t
fort was’seard, .d M bn nolf'h™ S f ? ? W T 5 WOre ‘’l 61-6 -. ne consented, and tin
Two regrettable incidents coud be found to implicate Slier Muhammad
SHrorse a chance of « .. ^ c , curr ® < l. It was necessary, in order to give thi
c ucc ' 0 '”’ °Older the cavalry not to allow anybody to issu.
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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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- ‘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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