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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’ [164r] (325/896)
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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side. If ve do not do so we shall become responsible for a
► v winch lib.'' moro tiian possibly fail. The railway will
uc.' sufficiently ^u^rdeo oy such movement as the2/ make on
eastern side towards XK USE and our frontier can undoubtedly
^ look cuter it serf* As Persians are acting partly 011 our rep-
re s h 1 1 x0 j. i i 0 i s natu ral shat we sh0 uld g ive them
sympathetic assistance and friendly advise but as they have
rejected our offer cl military aid It appears to me if I may
be permitted to say bo that to become involved in what is
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bound to be a campaign carried out with troops (with?)very
limited Graining, troops whose capacity to fight is still a
factor to be considered, would be an error. Both their and
oai i llu "'Ill^nce work is so very hazy at present as only to
be suitable for irregular warfare. On this I hope to submit a,
further report.
I may say however that I am suggesting that we should
present them with 1000 rifles from India which are useless
to us and with 2 machine guns now at this Consulate,
Tne governor General and GeneralOfficer Commanding both
con..,iaer °- attacking D M is a big one unless political
io unuertanen first for detaching from him as many
tribesmen as possible. They consider that when his people are
. uff xciently shaken will be moment to attack him if still
proves r*rc-..j.cxOranu. This work except as reg.ards SARHAD
tribesmen who might desert 3 ABHAD and -0 to his assistance
Cd,ii only be undertaken from Kerman and from south.
This opinion is undoubtedly common sense and more I study
trie general Question the more I am convinced to approach it
politically from Beistan has nothing recommend it nor have I
as yet heard of any reason for doing so while MILITAP 1 PY the
situation appears to be as stated.
Gill India kindly repeat to Baluchistan.
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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’
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- 2r:207r, 208r:293v, 295r:337v, 339r:428v, 428ar:428av, 429r:448v
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