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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’ [‎110r] (217/896)

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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^Serial No. 251.
159
2S5-A
No. 70-(IV)-M., dated Delhi, the 9th February 1924). {Confidential.)
Endorsed by the Foreign and Political Department.
The undermentioned paper is forwarded to the General Staff Branch for
information.
Memorandum from the Hon'ble the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commis
sioner in Baluchistan, No, 4G3-S., dated the 6th February 1924., with enclosure. (Serial
No. 277.) V
285-B
MEMORANDUM.
The paper specified below was transmitted to His Majesty’s Minister,
Tehran, for information, under cover of the Foreign Secretary’s letter No. 3-T.,
dated the 11 th February 1921.
Sarhad Affairs.
Memorandum from the Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Com
missioner in Baluchistan, No. 433-S., dated the 6oh February 1924.. (Serial No. 277.)
285-C
MEMORANDUM.
The papers specified below were transmitted to the Secretary, Political
Department, 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. , London, for the information of His Majesty’s
Secretary of State for India, under cover of the Foreign Secretary’s letter
No. 13-M., dated the 11th February 1921.
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Persia :
Sarhad Affairs.
1. Telegram horn the Ilon ; ble the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commis
sioner in Baluchistan, No. 429-S., dated the 5th February 1924.
2. Telegram from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, No. 13, dated the 6th February 1924.
8. Memorandum from the Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Com
missioner in Baluchistan, No. 433-S., dated the 6th February 1924.
286
Telegram R., No. 16, dated the 12th (received 13th) February 1924.
From—His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi.
Your telegram No. 221.*
I requested deposit accordingly. Prime Minister replies that transaction
concerns Persian Commander who has to pay himself if he buys tents.

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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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File 1323/1916 Pt 1 ‘Baluchistan:- Disturbed conditions on the Anglo-Persian border. Future administration of Mekran, Sarhad & the Kalat States’ [‎110r] (217/896), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/594/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100080241537.0x00001d> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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