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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’ [‎188r] (373/896)

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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Enclo. I to Serial No. 194,
(E.-11387/207/34).
Telegram No. 384, dated the 23rd November 1923.
From—His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
To—The Foreign Office, London.
Can yon let me know nature of political matter referred to in your
letter to Treasury of 16th May (Serial No. 59).
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Enclo. II to Serial No. 194.
Telegram No. 232, dated the 27th November 1923..
From—The Foreign Office, London,
To—His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran.
This is in reply to your telegram of 23rd November, No. 384 (enclo.
1 , supra).
( 1 ) As explained in my despatch No. 466, dated 23rd October, i.e.,
restoration of order in Sarhad and Persian Baluchistan.
( 2 ) Other matters which may be in dispute with Persian Government
at present, and which you consider might be settled by gift
of Railway.
You should however take no action pending definite instructions as
whole matter is still under consideration.
195
Telegram No. 1862-S., dated the 29th December 1923.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi,
To—His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain...
Priority .—For your information: telegram dated 17th December to
Secretary of State, repeated Tehran. Begins. 23-C. (Serial No. 165A).
Point 6 * * * * Our telegram No. 1702. Ends..
This refers to your No. 315.
196
MEMORANDUM.
The paper specified below was transmitted to His Majesty’s Minister,,
Tehran, under cover of the Foreign Secretary’s letter No. 25-T., dated the
31st December 1923.
Letter to the Hon’ble the A. G. G. and C. C. in Baluchistan No. 70 (IV) M^ dated
24th December 1923. ■ t

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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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