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File 1484/1916 ‘Persia; Quetta-Nushki Railway Extension’ [19r] (44/524)
The record is made up of 1 volume (258 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1916-10 Feb 1920. 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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(51)
Telegram P., No. 7077-S., dated (and received) the 12th December 1918.
Fr0m-T B:i“n, t Quettr t0 ^ 6 ° Vem0r General and Commieaioner in
t0 GoTCrnment o£Illdia ^ Foreign and Poliical Depart-
Hutchmson has been instructed. As Persian Government will naturally
not recognise his decisions regarding titles, I have told him, in cases where tMes
seem doubtful, to buy out all representative claimants who may present them
selves, taking care that the persons With whom he conducts negotiations are em
powered to bind all members of their tribes or sections bv their signature accord
mg to tribal custom. Instructions regarding the phraseology to be emnloved
m documents to describe purchaser should please be telegraphed Shonld ;t hi
Engmeer-in-Chief on behalf of the North-Western Railway 8 or" Politick tthal
of the British Government ? <Ui
* Serial no. 48. -, ^ f® fers ^ur telegram No. 2367-S.^
dated the 11 th December.
(Usual distribution.)
(52)
Telegram P., No. 30-L.S., dated (and received) the 19th Decemebr 1918.
From—The Ag nt to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan
Quetta, ’
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment. “
When military authorities raised the question of Dnzdap Hutchinson was on
tour in Sarhad beyond the reach of communication. He now reports that General
Officer Commanding Communications’ telegram on the subject of Persian tribes
men’s fresh claims to land for the purposes of gaining compensation was based
on a tribal incident which took place in October when preparations were made by
an allowance-holder one Jnma Khan to dig karez there. This he was immediately
forbidden to do by Hutchinson and he obeyed without demurring and left Duzdap.
Since then there has not been any attempt to establish claims nor is there likely
to be any. It seems best, in these circumstances, to treat as waste land all un
occupied land in Dnzdap and to occupy area required for onr purposes without
investigating titles which would only attract attention.
f Serial no. 51.
This refers to my telegram No. 7077-S.,f
dated the 12 th December.
(Usual distribution.)
\
(53)
Telegarm P., No. 2408-S., dated the 23rd December 1918.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart'
ment,
To—His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires and Special Commissioner/Tehran.
A telegram from Agent to the Governor-General, Baluchistan, now says that
influx of tribesmen to stake claims previously reported was based on misunder
standing and that influx is probable.- In the circumstances any upoccupied area
required will be treated as waste land without titles being investigated as atten
tion would only be attracted by such investigation.
This refers to my telegram of 11 th December, No. 2368-S.
(Usual distribution.)
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The volume contains correspondence, reports, memoranda and minute papers, relating to military and commercial assessments of an extension to the railway from Quetta to Nushki, British Baluchistan [present-day Pakistan], and from Nushki to Seistan [Sīstān], Persia [Iran]. The volume includes: a letter from Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Chairman of the Imperial Bank of Persia and a former government administrator in India, dated 29 January 1916 and enclosing an extract of a letter from 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 Chagai, Frank Cooke Webb Ware, on the prospects of a railway line from Nushki to the Persian frontier (ff 250-256); a memorandum on the improvement of communications between Baluchistan and the Persian frontier, prepared by Webb Ware, dated 19 February 1916 (ff 184-189); a memorandum on the Quetta to Nushki railway extension, prepared by Webb Ware, dated 6 February 1917 (ff 154-161); the Government of India’s recommendations on the route of the extension, based on their objection to it passing too close to the Afghan frontier (f 116); a note on the Nushki extension railway, prepared 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 Chagai, Major William Gorden Hutchinson, dated September 1918, with details of the distances between stations, and watering and grazing facilities along the route (ff 70-80); copies of a note entitled ‘Trade Routes to Khurasan’ [Khorasan], prepared by Lieutenant B Temple, Vice-Consul at Meshed [Mashhad] and dated 14 June 1919 (ff 12-15, ff 41-57).
The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan, Sir John Ramsay; and 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 Chagai.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (258 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 258; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:117v, 119r:145v, 149r:249v, 255r:258v, back-i
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