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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’ [119r] (235/896)
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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From Viceroy, Forei.^
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(Copies Dated Delhi } 6th March, 1924,
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Received 6th March*, 1924 ; >
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Sarhad,, Liaison officer^ telegram to
Baluchistan repeated to Teheran, No 0 5,B,. 0 March Isto Begjn^^
I am formally handing over Sarhad tribe(s) to Salar on the
1st Marcho He will return to Duzdap March 2nd r , leaving
behind the garrison of about 200 at Khwasho I will leave
with British detachment,, March 4th 0 Damanis are much
I inrpressed with Salary's personality and I am convinced that
j he would have had no difficulty in bringing Dost Muhammad to
heel without any fitting had he been given a free hand, but
| he has been instructed to withdraw the greater part of the
troops to Birjando He is still without any authentic
information regarding the action being taken from Kinnan 0 but
he has received a letter from Major Kasim Khan, styling
himself Officer for Conduct of Kegotiatiorswith Dost
Muhammad O to the effect that s in accordance with the instruciiciB
of the General Officer Commanding,; Southern Amy» Dost
Muhammad has been instructed to recover the loot taken from
\ ^ Jo Dost Muhammad has written to the Damanis that he has been
appointed Governor of Baluchistan on S0 9 000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per
annum,and has contracted to pay 17 o 000
toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
s annual revenue,,
and asks them to restore the J Q loot through hira 0 This is
obviously bluffo They have already given to Salar 3. Q00
sheep and have promised more 0 They admit that they looted
about 35 9 000, ; but only brought back X4,0Q0o Most of those
left are with the section in the gushi r and could not be
\
r d recovered without a regular expedition,, Damanis^ though they
are.trying to play off Dost Mohammad against Salar s are most
likely
J f 7 MAR ^24UJ
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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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- 2r:207r, 208r:293v, 295r:337v, 339r:428v, 428ar:428av, 429r:448v
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