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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’ [‎131v] (260/896)

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 No. 305-S., dated Sibi, the 25th January 1924.
From—The Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Coramiseioner m
Baluchistan,
rp 0 The Foreign Secret >ry to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political ^
Department, Delhi.
Sarhad Affairs.
Reference your memorandum No. /0-(IV)-M ,* dated the 4th January
1924.
2. I a^ree with His Majesty’s Minister that it will be necessary to retain
a Vice-Consul at Duzdap for the purposes stated by him in his telegram 435.
There is a large Indian trading community at Duzdap which will probably
increase if the Persians assume effective control and the uncertainty as to the
future of the line is ended.
3. I doubt however whether there will be any necessity of providing a
Consular Escort. Duzdap will probably always be the base of the Persian
Sarhad Contingent and will therefore contain ample troops for protection.
Two mounted “ ghulams ” would probably be sufficient.
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No. 306-S., dated Sibi, the 25th January 1924.
p rom The Hon ; ble the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner
in Baluchistan,
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi.
Sarhad Affairs.
In continuation of my telegram No. 50-M. 5 f dated the 15th January,
I have the honour to forward a copy of a letter No 3-P.,| dated the 19th
January, from Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes.
2. Colonel Keyes would appear to have established satisfactory relations
with the Salar Amiad who seems to be a man of capacity in command of a
force which is under present conditions adequate to take over Khwash.
3. The matter of stores and tents has already formed the subject of tele-
orapbic correspondence ending with my telegram No. 293-S.,§ dated .the 25th
January 1924. It has been agreed that in the matter of stores nothing further
should be furnished except on previous payment. The matter of the supply of
tents is an urgent necessity without the provision of which the affair may be
jeopardised. I have therefore permitted Colonel Keyes to carry out the
arrangement under which these tents are being obtained from the Quetta
Arsenal and will be taken out by Major Dennys on Monday next.
4. I have already asked in my telegram No. 276-S,,]| January 24th, that the
North-Western Railway may be asked to grant the necessary facilities for the
transport of the Persian troops so that Major Dennys may personally arrange
matters with Mr. Martin at Dalbandin on his return journey.
5. The political position in the Sarhad is not such in Colonel Keyes’
opinion as to give ground to expect that any real resistance will be offered to
the entry of the Persian troops into Khwash, or to the withdrawal of our
troops. The Persian difficulties are likely to begin wffien they are settled in
Khwash and begin to extend their influence, * §
♦Serial No, 215.
tSerial No. 238.
tSerial No. 246-A.
§ Serial No. 253.
||Sei-ial No. 252.

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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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