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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [111v] (227/617)
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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{Extracts from notes-)
TliLEGRAM EROM THE SECRETARY OE STATE EOR INDIA, LONDON, DATED THE
27th (received 28th) December 1897.
Enquires whether the detachments of native infantry proposed for Charbar
and Jask can he sent, and whether they would suffice. Makes certain
further enquiries.
Sh GRETA RY.
3. The latter part of the telegram from the Secretary of State raises wide issues and may
perhaps wait till the question about troops is decided. On the political aspect of the
position in, and future of, Persian Baluchistan, we should get an opinion from Mr. Barnes.
As to commercial interests and telegraph matters, we shall have to consult the Finance
and Public Works Departments. In a recent despatch the Secretary of State has pressed the
Government of India to reconsider the question of contributing to the cost of a Consul for
Kerman.
28th December 1897. H. Daly.
His Excellency.
Yes, as to confining operation^ I do not quite follow
why Meade should leave Jask ?
E.
I think the first thing is to instruct Colonel
Meade to leave Jask and to confine any opera
tions which he orders to the protection of Jask
and Charbar.
Next, to ask the Military Department if they can send 100 men for the protection of
Charbar and 50 for the protection of Jask, and if those numbers will suffice; if not, what
strength should be sent for the protection of the stations only and not of the land line. I
cannot delay referring these questions to consider and note*, on the policy to be pursued if
matters in Persian Baluchistan come to a crisis, but I think it must be evident that the
Indian Government cannot undertake the military protection of Persian Baluchistan.
28lA December 1897. W. J. Cuningham.
On the. latter point one thing to my mind is clear, i.e. t that it is useless to attempt an
effective military intervention in, or at any rate occupation of, Persian Baluchistan with the
forces now at the disposal of the Government of India, and though it may take time to
ascertain to what extent our interests may be otherwise affected, I would say thus much in
any reply to the Secretary of State.
I confess I do not much like admitting the principle by sending the detachments now
asked, and then small detachments in isolated positions are always objectionable. Still Jask
and Charbar are, I believe, both on the sea coast, and we are bound, I suppose, to protect the
Telegraph staff. It is for the Military Department and the Commander-in-Ghief to say what
we can do, and I would ask their opinion urgently.
28th December 1897. t?
Your Excellency.
We are asked if wo can send 100 native infantry to Charbar and 50 to Jasb; these
Map put up. P laces are on the coast, approximately 400 and
b00 miles west of Karachi.
Another gnn-boat is also applied for, so I gather one is there already.
which is stated to be for local 'fob; uef oil ly 1 ' 1 *'"' aSk ' d f ° r wil1 P roba % meet the purpose,
bUt ‘unZ;": 168 Ba “' S and B,ahni ” ritS mlgM 8 b-n ob^on.
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30th December 1897.
A. R. Badcock.
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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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- Title
- ‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’
- Pages
- 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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