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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [131v] (267/617)
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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* Their withdrawal could be arranged to take place as soon as order is
restored and satisfaction given for Mr. Graves* murder.
I see no other way of adequately protecting our subjects and the tele
graph line.
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Telegram dated the 27th December 1897.
From—The Secretary of State, London,
To—The Viceroy, Camp.
Hardinge’s telegram 99, 25th of December. Can you send to Cbarbar
and Task the detachment of native infantry, and would they suffice? If not,
what force would you suggest ? Have you any observations to make on the
policy which, having regard to British Indian interests, commercial, telegraph
and political, it is desirable that we should consider or follow if matters in
Persian Baluchistan come to a crisis.
yj' ^ Telegram P., No. 10-E.A., dated the 4th January 1898.
From—The Viceroy, Calcutta,
To—The Secretary of State for India.
Your telegram 27th December. We are prepared to send 100 men to
Charbar and 50 to Jask for protection of telegraph staff at those places.
Above strength should suffice for purely defensive purposes. Do you wish the
troops to start immediately ? I cannot reply without further consideration
regarding extent of British Indian interests in Persian Baluchistan, but
effective military intervention or occupation could not be attempted by the
Government of India with the forces now at disposal.
Telegram P M dated the 18th February 1898.
From—The Secretary of State, London,
To—The Viceroy, Calcutta.
My despatch 29th October. Hardinge desires to send Sykes as Consul
immediately to Kerman to watch proceedings of the force being despatched
by Persian Government to deal with revolt and punish murderers of Graves
Lord Salisbury approves, provided that India contributes half the cost as
proposed in enclosure 3 to despatch cited. Please telegraph your decision
1 think it important to re-establish Consulate.
Telegram P., No. 383-E.A., dated the 23rd February 1893.
From—The Viceroy, Calcutta,
To—The Secretary of State, London.
Kerman Consulate. Your telegram 18th Pebruary. We are not
prepared at present to give final opinion as to value of Consulate in Indian
interests either on commercial or political grounds; but, in view of present
situation in Persian Baluchistan, we are willing to meet in comin^ financial
year half the cost of sending back Sykes to Kerman, provided such moietv
does not exceed six thousand
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
. As to permanent arrangements and
whether India should contribute thereto, we should hope to express full opinion
by despatch a few months hence when commercial aspects have been fullv
examined and political situation may be clearer. ^
Exd.—R. B.
Government of India Central Pinting Office—No. 976 F. D.—11-3-98 -00
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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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- Mss Eur F111/350
- Title
- ‘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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