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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’ [‎191v] (380/896)

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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No. 70 (i)-M., dated Delhi, the 11th December 1923.
Endorsed by the Foreign and Political Depaitment.
Hon’ble the Agent
4. copy of the undermentioned paper is forwarded to the hu Majesty’s c^ g,
1 H is Majesty’s Consul,
to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner, Baluchistan, _
Si staiTa nd Kain, ~ ^ information m continuation of
endorsement No. 70 dated the 8th December 1923.
Telegram to His Majesty^s Secretary of State for India, No. 1702-S., dated the 10th
December 1923. (Serial No. 160.)
162
Received on 12th December 1923, with Rolitical Secretary's letter No. 7,
dated the 22nd November 1923.
E.-10787-207-34.
Foreign Office,
S W. 1.
8th Noyember 1923.
Urgent.
With reference to Foreign Office letter (Serial No. 130) of the 24th ultimo,
relative to the disposal of the Nushki-Duzdap Railway, I a in directed by the
Marquess Curzon of Kedleston to transmit to you, to be laid before Viscount
Peel, the accompanying copy of a further telegram (Serial No. 115) on the
subject from His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran.
2. I am to request that the Government of India may be urged to expedite
their observations on the proposals of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s
Treasury, which formed the subject of my letter of September 3rd, as, until
they are received, it appears difficult to arrive at the decision urgently required
by Sir P. Loraine.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sd.) LANCELOT OLIPHANf.
The Under Secretary of State,
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. .
163
Received on 12th December 1923, with Dolitical Secretary's letter No. 7, dated
the 22nd November 1923.
P.-4278.
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. ,
Whitehall,
London, S. W. 1.
20th November 1023.
Immediate,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to acknowledge the
receipt of your letters (Serial No. 130 and Serial No. 162) No. E.-10100'207-31,
f

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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’ [‎191v] (380/896), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/594/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100080241537.0x0000c0> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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