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‘Seistan Persia & Seistan’ [141r] (286/617)
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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Kliorassan trade is partly due to ttiA foru a
Asia by Batoum and Baku and the Trans'Casnin g Tf ls , now rcael1 Central
Vremya writes very mournfully about this P ailway ' The “
years^but ai befoTsuSng h tS up tith V a tf ^ ^ Persia of lat e
state of affairs and submitting pronosals for ; a vlew . of ^amimug the present
it may be desirable to state briX wha t f TO Pr ° Vmg t 0Ur P ositi ° D > I think
country, and what amount of money we sVend on^T® 13 * es T tablishmell ts in the
map which will give some idea of the political geography. aPPeild & Sketch
The Diplomatic and Consular staff is as follows
of the Legation 1S estimated at £16,610 a gear, ot stud, India Jays €7,wa
Service* who tXals^ tT° officers o£ the InaiaQ Political
service, wno a ^® also Consul-General and Vice-Consul, and a Surgeon The
total cost of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
is estimated at £8,600 a year. This is paidljy India.
This ^‘prid^by'ller Majesty’s'Govemment . 6 " A§ent ’ C ° St £48 a year '
Majety? Gotemmtti " C ° nSUlate ’ C ° St £75 ° a ^ ™ s P aid by
} mY ^ a Consulate-General, cost of which is estimated at
£9 -j 0 a year. This is paid by Her Majesty’s Government.
. west of Tehran, at Kermanshah, on the Baghdad road, we have a
native Agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
, who costs £2i a year. This is paid by India.
Midway between the two seas at Ispahan, we have a Consulate costing
£750 a year. This is paid by Her Majesty’s Government. There is also a
native Agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
, who costs £24.
Further south again at Shiraz, we have a
native Agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
, costing £160 a
year. This is paid by India.
To the east of Shiraz, half-way to the frontier of India, we have a Con
sulate at Kerman, who costs £500 a year. This appointment is provisional.
Half the cost is paid by India and half by Her Majesty’s Government.
The Consul at Kerman is now in Seistan, where it is proposed to keep a
Consul in future.
Finally, along the coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, we have—
At Mohammerah a Vice-Consulate, which costs £490 a year. This is paid
by Her Majesty’s Government.
At Bushire a Besident, who is also Consul-General for Fars, with three
Assistants, one of whom is Vice-Consul, and a Surgeon. _ The cost of the
Kesidency is estimated at £7,700 a year. This is paid by India.
The political work on the coast between Bushire and the Kalat frontier
is in the hands of the Director of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Telegraphs, who gets an
allowance of £120 a year. This is paid by India.
The Evident at Bushire has also under his orders
native Agents
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
at Bahrein,
Shargah and Lingah, and they cost about £240 a year.
This completes the statement of our diplomatic, political and Consular
establishments m Persia and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. It will be seen that we employ
twenty one British officers, and that the total cost is about thirty-six thousand
nTne huXd and seventy pounds (£ 36 , 970 )^ Of tins total ^
make out, Her Majesty’s Government pay £12,876 and the Government
India £24,094.
About this item
- Content
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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