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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’ [‎220r] (437/896)

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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restoration nf 0 L mea fi“ re - S t as tJl 0 e P ® rsian Government have taken for the
dirS the Sarh^ 0 " L m K S ,° U { th EaSt Persia have been taken in ^e
be controlled from l< '| l< ' ,R ’ a PP aren tly, that that area would best
that in thetiew of fhe W P i Pr t on } w hat has been written above it appears
it is recognised ibnt it mt ^ authorities this belief is erroneous" but
• i o ,? . at ma y now have become so firmly established in th^
mind of the Persian Government that it would prove somewhat diffimlt tn
S Pei^on^e 6 ? 31 th l r arra ^ ementS f0r the oontroTof the So-fth EaS
1688 ° bvi0US -Hy present^
viewio/myMiirsS-rMintte^ T ^ t0 ap P rised of the
India have sent a copy offheir teltei (ISVo 8^°“, l he Governm ent of
telegram); and I am to suggesf hat wi h ms foldt ? ve repeated their
Majesty’s Minister might be^histructed to fonsi^er rt lP S P? rmis f on His
point of view indicate! above not ^^0 imm/di^ SPl, ITf
permanent arrangement which it is desired should em^gefrom that acti^m
A copy of a telegram (Serial No. 92) addressed to fho ,
India m regard to the latter point is enclosed Government of
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Sd.) L. D. WAKELY.
The GYider Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
120
Telegram P., No. Nil, dated the 14th November 1023.
From—His Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain, Mirjawa,
lo—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and’
Political Department, Delhi. °
It appears that my telegram No. 289 (Serial No. 118) which is the
same as my telegram to Minister at Tehran No. 67, has been delayed m
transit. You have presumably received it by now.
No 07) referS t0 y0Ur telegram No ' 1434 - s -. dated 12th November (Serial
•121
Telegram P., No. 290, dated the 13th November 1923.
From—Captain G J. Hoskins, Vice-Consul, Duzdap for His Majesty’s Consul
tor Sistan and Kain, Mirjawa,
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and
Political Department,, Delhi.
(Itepeated Tehran OS', Baluchistan and Kerman.)
Orders have been just received by Salar to work out in conjunction with
bhaukat and myself, proposals regarding Baluchistan. Do you wish any
modification of their alternative proposals outlined in my teleoram No 289
dated 7th November (Serial No. 118). ^ ”

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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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