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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [90v] (185/617)
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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Bolida has been described as the door of Makran, and I have felt justified
in takino-venr stron? measures for its protection. The Naosberwam interests
have bad here a far better and more established title than in any other part
of Makran, and here they will probably try and make their hrst reprisals. If
the Jemadar does his work thoroughly, it will be impossible for the JSaosher-
wanis to make any attack in force on any part of Makran without our being
fully warned. If w r e are so warned, the Makran administration with the
force at its disposal should be able to make an adequate defence.
10. TheBolida and Turbat Columns met at Kalatuk on the 24th February
and made a combined march on Hand.
Nasirabad was the first place where any important business was trans-
acted. It will be remembered that the fort of Nasirabad was taken over from
MirSber Muhammad, Gitchki, by Captain LeMesurier, and that a party of
40
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.
from the Kalat State Troops was stationed there. This detachment
was, I understand, intended to overawe Mir Sher Muhammad, and keep the
Kasirabad district quiet.
As Mir Sher Muhammad had already received a very severe lesson at
Charbuk, and I had already .thought of taking him with me to Quetta for the
next six months, there seemed to be no object in keeping a garrison any longer
at Nasirabad.
11. On the other hand, I had received orders that Tump was to be
assessed for revenue, and it was of the utmost importance that a strong force
should be posted there for the maintenance of the Khan’s authority.
Accordingly, I arranged that the party of the Khan’s troops should
march to Tump with the column and occupy Mir Murad Gitchki’s fort
there.
Mir Murad is the
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
of Tump and a foolish old man, who has been
in the habit of amusing himself by firing off a harmless old cannon from
the top of his fort, while his friends and relations partition the family estate
below.
From his strength we had nothing to fear'; from his weakness everything.
I saw the
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
at Balachah and communicated to him the decision at
which I had arrived. He demurred at first, but, when I told him that he
could not he allowed to play at living in a fort without, governing the country,
he accepted the position. Tump fort was garrisoned on the 27th of February
by 40 Kalat State
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.
under Jemadar Madad Khan. Later, a Subadar
and GO
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.
of the 80th Bombay Infantry were added, but these have since
been ithdiawnunder orders from the Government of India. Arrangements
have been made lor the garrison to be raised to a strength of IGO^men of
whom 10 are camel-sowars.
While at Tump, I collected all the motabars and headmen and informed
them that their district was to pay revenue in future. They agreed.
,. 12 - T p be , co ^ umn next marched to Maud. All the heads of the principal
sections of the Bind tribe met me here. Appendix IV shows the settlement
arrived at by me with them and somS further remarks on our future policy
with regard to them. r :
nnrl that ! was here unalffe to settle the disputes between the Binds
thp r ° pe ., th c at tbe Askanis could . be indnced come in, but
:] , t .7 lomu " the force was great, and for this reason it was impos-
silne to wait until they could make up their minds. ^
13. On my return journey my time was fully taken up with consolidatin'*
the arrangements already made and in settling petty disputes en route.
hadatad^ewT iTedat TUrbat0n the Stb March - Some cf the people
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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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