Settlement and Demarcation of the Frontier between Persia and Baluchistan [‎396v] (28/74)

Persia must affect the minds of the
lower classes of our subjects, and how
incompatible they are with the present
state of good order.
3. On the day of the Commis
sioners’ arrival at Bampur, Paquir
Mahomed Khan, Commissioner of the
Khan of Khelat, with other agents
of his, together with Mr. Harrison,
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. of the British Gov
ernment, escorted by 300 soldiers and
horsemen, arrived at Bampur. Imow
this style of proceeding is contrary
to the instructions of the Commission
ers, and to the maintenance of order
on the frontiers possessed by Persia.
The British Commissioner pro
posed to the Persian one to proceed
towards Peshin in Mekran, and there
to hold a conference and discuss with
the Khelat Commissioner the argu
ments bearing upon Persia’s territorial
rights in that quarter, though not the
slightest doubt existed as to Kedj and
Mekran being in the possession of,
and specially belonging to, Persia. If
the object of the conference is to es
tablish Persia’s ownership of Mekran,
that, point is already clearly shown;
for, in order to establish a person’s
proprietorship, no proof could be
better than that of possession; and
every one knows that Peshin, and
equally so the whole of Mekran and
Kedj, are territories in the possession
oi .Persia. In every part of Mekran
there are deputies and agents ap
pointed by the Governments of Ker-
man and Beloochistan.
Only Major Ross was expected at
Bampur, and as regards that officer
the British Commissioner had obtained
from the Wakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. -ul-Mulk all necessary
instructions for his reception and honor
able treatment in Persian territory^
The British Commissioner, however, ex-/
plained to the Persian Commissioner,
and at the request of the latter, that the
coming of the English officers was to
meet the commission and promote
its objects; and Mirza Maasum Khan’s
letter, in reply of the 9th Julkhadeh,
expressed his opinion that the circum
stances need not make any change in the
agreement between the British and Per
sian Minister on this subject at Teheran.
As regards Kedj and that part of Mekran
beyond the Perso-Khelat frontier, the
Persians not being in possession, the
British Commissioner could not, in jus
tice, act otherwise than he did. The
frontier is well known to all inhabitants
of those parts, whether on the Persian
or Khelat side.
4 A communication on the pari
of the British Commissioner was made
to the Persian that Kedj is i n the
possession of the Khan of Khelat, and
that he has a garrison there. The
feet is, that Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Faquir Mahomed
Khan and Moolla Atta Mahomed
agents of the Khan of Kheiat Te’
brought 400 or 500 troojslnto ?he
Kedj territory, which clearly belongs
T. The above reply is applicable to
this statement. It would have been as
competent to the British Commissioner
to ask that the Persian soldiers be turn
ed out of Bampur as the Khelat soldiers
01 R of Kedj, or any place actually in
their possession.
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and upholding the Khan oT Khelaf
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