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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’ [‎246r] (489/896)

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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; our aespatch of 22nd October and telegrams dated 9th
March and 16th April 0 1923 0 27^ and 46lSo We desire
withdrawal, of our detachments in Persia as early as
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possible 0 and 0 if railway is to be kept open we do not
see any way of achieving this until Persian measures in
Sarhad have become effectiveo Our Military Advisers^
however 0 are most anxious to avoid any possibility of our
troops being involved in joint operations in Farhad with
the Persians against Sarhad tribes D and there are also
^obvibus political objections to this 0 Ifo therefore^
this possibility i§ latent/^cheme B 0 as it seems to be D
in theerent of tribal opposition^, we do not wish ourselves
to be regarded as being in any way committed to acceptance
of that Scheme 0 at least until it has been imparted to us
in full detail©
Addressed t o Teheran repeated to Secretary of
State for India 0
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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’ [‎246r] (489/896), 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_100080241539.0x000065> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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