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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’ [‎147r] (291/896)

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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2. The Salar, who tells me that he was educated at St. Cyr, and was
attached for training to French infantry, is undoubtedly a man of strong
character and great intelligence. He gave me the impression of being well-
trained as soldier.
3. He has 1,000 troops, who, considering their short service, have
reached a surprising degree of eificiency. They were well clothed and
appeared well-fed and contented.
4. The only equipment absolutely necessary to enable them to move
to Khwash, i.e., tents, can be taken out by Major Dennys on .January 28th;
but the Salar has asked for arms and munitions of which I attach a lisH.
He states that he has been authorised to obtain anything he requires from
us; but, from correspondence which I have seen since my return, it appears
more than possible that the Persian Government may be unwilling to pay
for these stores : I therefore suggest that the list with approximate cost
may be wired to Tehran, and that nothing but tents and pakhals be supplied
pending the reply of the Persian Government.
5. The Salar, who proposes to take 700 men to Khwash, should be able
to move by February 5th. The infantry will march from Mirjawa and the
mounted troops from Duzdap direct. "He needs the following assistance
from the railway, provision of trucks for 500 men from Duzdap to
Mirjawa, and the provision of water tanks for 70 horses and 50 men for one
night at Kacha road station. I request that instructions may be issued :o^
the North Western Railway to provide these on demand by Major Dennys.
6. The position in the Sarhad is as follows :
The Rekis and Ismailzais have remained quiet since 1916, but the
Damanis, who had been kept in order, as much by the payment of liberal
allowances as by the presence of a small detachment of British troops at
Khwash, have recently carried out a very successful raid on Jerutt.
Jind’ the holder of the largest allowance, i.e., Rs. 500 per mensem, took no
part in the raid, but Shah Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. , the second largest allowance holder
(Rs. 200 per mensem) led one of the raiding parties.
I have ordered that all allowances of participants in the raids be
stopped.
The Salar has written to all the principal Damanis requiring them to
return the loot taken from Jeruft. They answered that they would give
him their reply when the Persian troops arrived m Khwash. As a
matter of fact it is impossible to return even a small P ortl o£ 1°° •
The orincipal loot consisted of 35,000 sheep. Some of them they ate, some
thev sold and many more died.on the way. Only 14,000 reached Sarhad
and these have been distributed at the rate of 30 per footman and 60 per
mounted man.
■ 7 The Damanis whose country has never been occupied by the
Persian! and who have not awakened to the reform in the Persian Army,
fre stm somewhat sceptical as to the possibility of the Persian occu-
pation of Khwash. 1 J _
a, uuie aid
lUhas now gcefe back to Khwash with instracttons to make them see that
the Persian move has our thorough sympathy.
o teWraohed to the Minister of War asking for leave to
ToOO tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. d per mekem in service to the Damanis, Ismailzais and
same pohoy be impt.amd on
thein ‘ T .\ -.Wa+mTi the Quality of the Persian troops and
the abiUty of fhfsairi'consider that, if these allowances are sanctioned,

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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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