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Coll 28/28 ‘Persia. Perso-Baluchistan Frontier. Demarcation near Mirjawa.’ [252r] (514/658)
The record is made up of 1 volume (323 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1924-20 Nov 1935. It was written in English and Persian. 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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HIS BHITAmiG MAJESTY’S CONSULATE,
SISTAN AND KaIN*
Dated ZABUL the 5th December 1931.
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from.
Major C.K. Daly G.I.E.
His Britannic Majesty’s Consul
Si stan & Kain.
To.
The Hon’hle the Agent
to the Governor-General in Baluchistan,
Quetta. %
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I have the hono^ur to refer to my secret despatch No.
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417/1/8 of 2/10/31 and to your No. 789-S of 6/11/31 in
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which you desired me to endeavour to obtain further
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confirmation of the facts previously reported.
It has now been ascertained from the source of the
original information, which source I believe to be very
reliable, that it was not the Elia ran S&rd&r himself who has
any claim against the Persians in respect of territory, but
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Mir Azam Khan, brother of the lately deceased Khan.
I understand that Mir Azam has been living in Quetta since
the death of his father Khud&dad Khan who was deposed.
The G. O.C. in Persian Baluchistan told my informant
that the Persian Government are aware of the claim of ir
Azam which is alleged to cover the greater p< rt of Persi
Baluchistan and a very good deal of the country extending
northwards towards Meshed. They further have reason to
believe that he has Sanads and other documents which could
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fae used to prove that his family ruled over thst -area. The
Central Government therefore instructed the G.0.0. to make
every endeavour to get into touch with Mir j zam and if
necessary to offer him a considerable sum of money to waive
his claim. It is said that because they fear that this
claim ''
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Correspondence, memoranda, maps and other papers relating to the establishment of a precise position of the frontier between Persia [Iran], British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan], and Afghanistan, arising in response to the proposed transfer to Persian ownership of the Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] to Duzdap [Zahedan] stretch of the North Western Railway, and territorial claims made by the Khan of Kalat, Mir Mohammad Azam Jan Khan, and the Persian Government. The volume’s correspondents include: Foreign Office and 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. officials; the British Legation at Tehran (Reginald Hervey Hoare; Charles Dodd); the Government of India (Francis Verner Wylie); the Agent to Governor-General and Chief Commissioner for Baluchistan (Alexander Norman Ley Cater); the British Consul for Sīstān and Kain [Ka’īn] (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly).
The correspondence covers:
- The historical basis for negotiations, being surveys carried out in the 1870s, and a demarcation agreement concluded on 24 March 1896 by Colonel Thomas Hungerford Holdich, later referred to as the Holdich Line. Papers include correspondence from the 1930s in response to uncertainties about the precise position of the line (including extracts of the agreement in Persian), and copies of correspondence from 1895-1896 relating to the conclusion of Holdich’s agreement.
- Arrangements in 1932 for a joint British and Persian survey party to map the frontier, with Captain Guy Bomford of the Survey of India leading the British party. The results of Bomford’s survey are summarised in a copy of a secret letter, dated 9 June 1932, with accompanying maps (ff 113-119).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (323 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 321; 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 two leading and two ending flyleaves.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/28 ‘Persia. Perso-Baluchistan Frontier. Demarcation near Mirjawa.’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:13v, 15r:37v, 41r:53v, 59r:100v, 102r:114v, 116r:117v, 120r:160v, 163r:173v, 175r:179v, 181r:185v, 187r:257v, 259r:281v, 283r:291v, 293r:305v, 307r:321r, back-i, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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