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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [104r] (212/617)
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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Enclosure No. 4.
Telegram, No. 314, dated Quetta, the 3rd August 1898.
From—The Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Simla,
„ Plea f s ® see f Knox’s report on Makran, paragraph 9 , attached to my letter
938 Z. of twenty-first ultimo Telegram just received via Las Bela shows that
affairs at Panjgur have rapidly altered. Kaoda Muhammad Khan has called
in. the Naushu warns who have joined him, some reinforcin 0, him in Isai
Fort and others in neighbourhood, so that general loot of Panjgur seems
likely. . Kardar and K.han s re-organised troops have abandoned siege of Isai
and retired into Graim Ivkan Fort. They appear in bad way : twenty-five sick,
one killed, two wounded out of sixty, and ask for re-inforcements which Khan
cannot furnish. I am sending Knox to Kalat and Gidar; he will raise and
despatch tribal force to support Khan’s authority in Panjgur, for, if Kardar is
killed or compelled to flee, we may expect general rising throughout Makran,
as Kardar reports that general impression is that we have abandoned Makran.
Sir Nauroz Khan is in Birjand too far off to assist, but his son, Yakub Khan,
has been directed to recall his clansmen from Panjgur, and been warned that
he is responsible for any harm they commit.
Enclosure No. 5.
No. 5221, dated Quetta, the 4th August 1898.
From— Colonel H. Wylie, C.S.I., Officiating Agent to the Governor-General in
Baluchistan,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
I have the honour to forward, for the information of the Government of
India, a report on Panjgur affairs by Mr. Knox, No. 73 C., dated the 3rd
instant.
2. Subsequently to the writing of that report, I received telegiam
No. 1283 of yesterday’s date from the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Southern Baluchis
tan, and this morning I received the same officer’s telegram No. 1294 (copies
attached), both bearing on the state of affairs in Panjgur.
3 . I had the honour of telegraphing to you yesterday the purport of the
former message, and of briefly informing you of the steps I proposed taking to
restore order in Panjgur. . .
4 You will see from former correspondence that the situation m Panjgur
has rapidly 0 altered for the worse, and I will now try to explain what that
ahuatUm w^,and wha™ ^ by name Sai id A bid
Husain, who may be said to represent the
is the ruler under the orders of He wan Kd'o Has, Nazim ot Ma ^ ^
Kaoda Muhammad Khan, the Nai . witlmHis Highness. The former,
Khan of Kalat, but the latter is m d f a v T °"^ SS htaself in Burma,
who is an ex-native officer of om a y hamm Khanj who i s a Panjgun,
was appointed by Mr. Barnes consent, but failed to
was posted by Captain EeMe present on appointment. These two
propitiate His Highness with the usual P ^ ^ und l e rstood that the Kardar
men have been at enmity from the fust, t t ^ Baluclli inhabitants of
was the stronger of the two, and jas l^k^ by ^ re . organi zed
Panjgur. Moreover he was suppoi ^ t t J re see ms to have been that
troops. The immediate cause of the pi“en .^P a small fort near Panjgur
Kaoda Muhammad Khan was aira o Katdar seized the fort, whereupon
a body of Naushirwams. Heai.n, ^ ^ re f US ed toackno\\-
Lod^lulmmmad Khan shut lumsffit^ n Ism h , ^ siege t0 Isal m
led-e the Kardar’s authority. iheJxaiua
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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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