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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’ [‎275r] (547/896)

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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1281 /S, Tehran telegram No,327o We agree that
^essential thing is to submit «abal/proposal8, and,, since
arrangements between His Majesty's Government and the
Government of India Presunably do not affect financial terms
to oe offered to Persian Government we hope that this may be
done at once , For us, it is no less essential.,, unless
Persians are ready to assume effective control in Sarhad
iorthwith, for our position there to be regularised before
4 3 ^it becomes untenable Suggestion made in our 1220/8 was not
so much threatening as Indicating the line of action to which
« may reluctantly be compelled, if insecurity develops,
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representing to American Financial Adviser financial
consequences to Persia of closure, he could enlist his
support in influencing the Persian Government to make satr,
isfactory arrangements, permanent or temporary,
W6 have consulted local officers with regard to
the question raised in your two telegrams of 12th October,
and will reply to them separately.
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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’ [‎275r] (547/896), 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_100080241539.0x00009f> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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