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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [104v] (213/617)
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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i Derfunctory manner, but wrote that he was not strong enough to assault it
unless we sent him a gun. During this siege he held the small fort of Gam
to have lost one man killed and two wounded of the Kalat
Khan, and seems
State troops.
6 . Knowing how unpopular Kaoda Muhammad Khan was with the people
of Pani^ur, Mr. Knox considered that he would soon have to flee the district
or surrender, and he despatched two Brahui “ Motibars” from here to recom
mend him to come to Kalat, when he promised to enquire fully into tie
matters in dispute between him and the Kardar, of which we know veiy little
at present. The only reply to this message has been that Kaoda Muhammad
Khan declined to surrender.
7. Prom the more recent telegrams which I attach to this report, it
appears that Kaoda Muhammad Khan has now induced that section of the
Naushirwanis which was actively engaged against us in Makran early this
year to join him, and some of these have thrown themselves into his fort of
Isai, while others are advancing from various directions on Panjgur, which
district they will probably loot. Meanwhile the Kardar seems to be in a bad
way, for the Kalat State troops are suffering much from sickness, and his
Baluchi friends do not appear to be trustworthy. He reports that the general
idea is that we mean to give up interfering in Makran, and consequently all
those, who are averse to the form of government which are established, there
under the Nazim, will unite in endeavouring to upset it. Indeed if the
Kardar is killed, or compelled to flee from Panjgur, I think we must expect
a general rising in Makran, and this idea is confirmed by messages I have
just received from Mir Mehrab Khan, Gitchki, who declines to come to Quetta,
or to keep quiet until next cold weather.
8 . I am taking the following steps to quell the disturbance in Panjgur,
which I hope will meet with the approval of the Government of India. I am
writing to Mir Yakub Khan, Naushirwani, who, in the absence of his father,
Sir Nauroz Khan in Persia, is managing Kharan affairs, directing him to
recall his clansmen from Panjgur, and warning him that he will be held
responsible if they commit any depredations in that district. I am sending
Mr. Knox to Kalat to see the Khan, and ascertain what his wishes and views
are. I am suggesting to His Highness that a tribal force shall be rafsed for
temporary service, and despatched under its own leaders, to support the Kardar
and restore order in Panjgur. Mr. Knox will proceed as far as Gidar to see
that this force (which there will be no difficulty in raising) is efficient, but
I do not propose that he shall accompany it to Panjgur. This force would be
paid from Makran revenues. Mr. Knox will be accompanied by a Bombay
Cavalry escort of 30 sabres, which should be sufficient for his personal safety.
9. The only other method of re-establishing order in Panjgur would be
to despatch a column of our own troops there, and this could hardly be done
at this season of the year, although I think that Government must contem
plate sending a strong escort with 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.
of Kalat through
Makian next winter, whatever may be the future policy decided upon towards
that tract.
No. 73 C., dated the 3rd August 1898.,
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.
, Kalat,
To—The Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan.
t I 1 ^ e i tlle incont iauation of my letter No. 1562, dated the 5th
June 1898, to submit a further report, showing the present situation of affairs
in Panjgur.
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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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