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File 1323/1916 Pt 1 ‘Baluchistan:- Disturbed conditions on the Anglo-Persian border. Future administration of Mekran, Sarhad & the Kalat States’ [‎6r] (9/896)

The record is made up of 1 item (446 folios). It was created in 28 Mar 1916-16 Jan 1925. 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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Memorandum from the Agent to the Governor General
and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan, No. 3156, dated the 28th
October 1924.
Reference Foreign telegram No. 1564-S. (Serial No. 162) of the 8th
October and telegram No. 1637-S. (Serial No. 169) of the 21st October 1924.
As a final reply had not been received to Baluchistan Memorandum
No. 270-Z. (Serial No. 154), dated the 5th September 1924, instructions
were given to Colonel Keyes, Liaison Officer, on September 29th not to carry
out the photographic reconnaissance of the debateabie area on the lines pro
posed, but to restrict the aeroplane flights to lines indubitably on our side
of the bordei. This change was necessary as all arrangements had been
made for the aeroplanes to fly to Koh-Taftan Station on September 30th, as
being the most suitable date on account of temperature and visibility and fur
ther delay was inadvisable.
Colonel Keyes and Flying Officer Darvall reached Koh-Taftan station on
the afternoon of September 30th. The second aeroplane with Flying Officer
Hannay and Flying Officer Jaques did not reach Koh-Taftan till the after
noon of October 1st owing to damage to the aeroplane.
On October 1st Colonel Keyes and Flying Officer Darvall flew from
Koh-Taftan station to the Hamuni-Mashkhel, (Boundary Pillar 11) keep
ing well on our side of the frontier. On October 3rd photographs were taken
of the Mazawad-Kacha range (shown as the Mirjawa Range on the maps)
from long range well on our side of the boundary. Both these reconnais
sances being entirely on our side of the line were not open to exception by
the Persians.
On October 2nd Colonel Keyes went to Duzdap by train from Mirjawa
to discuss with the Persian Commander, Shuja-un-Nizam, the question of
recent raids by Damanis (Persian subjects) into British Baluchistan. The
Royal Air Force Officers accompanied Colonel Keyes and the meeting was
entirely friendly, so much so that Shuja-un-Nizam went out of his way to
ask Colonel Keyes to fly from Koh-Taftan station to Khwash and drop a
letter there from him (Shuja-un-Nizam), warning Shah Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. of Khwash
from raiding into British Baluchistan.
As this was consonant with Colonel Keyes’ duties as Liaison Officer, he
complied with the request. It is quite possible that Shuja-un-Nizam is now
afraid of the possible consequences of his appeal to us for co-operation and
is repudiating his action in asking Colonel Keyes to drop his letter over
Khwash. The fact remains, however, that he did make this request, and
that he handed over the letter in question and that it was dropped into
Khwash.
As regards paragraph 522 (notes page 50) of the Baluchistan Intelli
gence Bureau Diary for the week ending 15th October a mistake has occurred
as regards the geography. There is no Koh-i-Taftan north of Duzdap, but
the locality referred to is Koh-Taftan station on the Railway, several miles
East of Mirjawa. The stories of the invasion of Chakansur began to cir
culate in Afghanistan in the beginning of September, before the aeroplane
reconnaissance was completed. A reference to this will be found in Balu
chistan Intelligence Bureau Diary of the 17th September, paragraph 462,
in which a Muhammadzai named Abdur Rahman, a refugee in India, was
reported to be raising a lashkar in Chakansur for an advance on Kandahar.
The panicky state of Kandahar has been commented on before now.
(171-A )
MEMORANDUM.
Letter from the Agent, North-Western Railway No. T./24-W., dated
1st October 1924, with enclo. was transmilted to His Majesty’s
Minister, Tehran, for information under cover of the Foreign Secretary’s
letter No. 39-T., dated the 3rd November 1924,

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The part contains reports, correspondence, and printed copies of correspondence, relating to affairs on the frontiers between Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan [Pakistan], as well as between British Baluchistan and Afghanistan. The part includes: reports of unrest and desertion amongst the Zhob militia in 1916, and losses incurred as a result, as reported by 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. at Zhob, Major Arthur le Grand Jacob; the granting of financial rewards to officers and men in the Zhob militia who did not desert during the Third Anglo-Afghanistan War in 1919; the continuance of funds towards a number of British border forces in 1921, including the Swat Levies and the Mekran Levy Corps; discussion of the future arrangements for the administration of those parts of Mekran [Makran] under the authority of the Khanate of Kalat, 1922; reports on the Kalat administration; the disposal of the Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] to Duzdap [Zahedan] railway; and the transfer of control over tribes in the Sarhad district of Persian Baluchistan, from the British to the Persian authorities, March 1924.

The part’s principal correspondents are: the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Agent to the Governor-General, Resident and Chief Commissioner, Baluchistan; 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. at Kalat, Terence Humphrey Keyes; the Foreign Office; and HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran.

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