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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’ [405r] (807/896)
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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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
Enclosures to Despatch No. - of 19 .
— -x-
Letter, No. 732-S., dated the 16th February 1920.
From—The Hon'ble Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Dew, C.S.I., C.I.E., Agent to
the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan,
To—The Hon'ble Me. H. R. C. Dobbs, C.S.I., C.I.E., Foreign Secretary to the
Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department, Delhi.
I Lave the honour to state that last summer, during the disturbances in
Zhob, Major Harris, who was then on special duty in Zhob, was authorised by
my predecessor to offer certain rewards to officers or men of the Zhob Militia
who had done specially good work during the disturbances. Subsequently the
Commandant of the Zhoh Militia, in collaboration with 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.
,
Zhob, submitted certain recommendations, which are enumerated in the
attached statement.
2. The circumstances in which these recommendations were called for
are indicated in the telegram to Major Harris a copy of which is enclosed. I
strongly support them ; but, as I believe I am not competent to sanction them,
I submit the proposals for the favourable consideration of the Government
of India.
Statement showing the rewards recommended for the Indian Officers and men
of the Zhoh Militia in connection with the services rendered in the
disturbances of 1919.
Rank and Name.
Additional Pensions on Retirement.
{a) Infantry.
1. Subedar-Major Gulab Khan
2. Subedar Gul Badshah
3. Subedar Nur Zamau (Orakzai) ...
4j. Jemadar Khushal Khan (Orakzai)
5. Jemadar-Adjutant Amir Khan (Yusufzai) ...
6. Jemadar Abdul Aziz (Brahui). ...
7. Jemadar Akbar Khan (Orakzai)
8. Jemadar Abdulla Jan (Brahui) ...
(J) Cavalry.
9. Acting Rissaldar Major Ghulam Rasul
10. Ressaidar Khairo (Peshin Kakar) ...
11. Acting Ressaidar Firoz Khan (Brahui)
12. Jemadar Gauhar Khan (Brahui) ... ...
13. Jemadar Yar Muhammad (Peshin Kakar) ...
14. Jemadar Saida Gul (Zhob Kakar) _
15. Acting Jemadar Amir Muhammad (Brahui) ...
Gratuities to Heirs op Killed.
Amounts. t
Monthly, Annual cost. um P sum '
Us. Ms. Ms.
45 540
17 204
17 204
17 204
15 180
10 120
17 204
15 180
50 600
45 540
17 204
17 204
17 204
17 204
10 120
■ '1777
Heirs of
v »
Jubedar Ismail ... ••• •" ... **'
,ne
Havildar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
, Rs. 200; one Naik, Rs. 200; and two
sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
, Rs. 100 each
our sowars at Rs. 100 each. ... ••• ••
,wo mule drivers at Rs. 100 each ... ••• •••
800
600
400
200
Family Pensions.
To the heirs of Subedar Ismail, killed, Rs. 50 per mensem.
Gratuity to Wounded men.
One
Havildar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
, Rs. 100 1
Four
sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
at Rs. 50 = 200 [
One Lance-
Duffadar
A Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry.
, Rs. 100 {* •••
Five sowars at Rs. 50 each=250 |
One mule driver, Rs. 50 J
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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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