The Settlement of the Persia-Baluchistan Frontier [‎585v] (8/40)

dersigned proposes, with the concurrence of the Persian Govern
ment, that, for purposes of future reference and identification, he shall obta'"
the services of an experienced English officer of engineers, who mav meet
officer duly appointed by the Government of Persia and an officer from the
Khelat State, so as to lay down the more prominent land-marks and featur
of the actual line agreeably to the above description, and make a careful
survey thereof for record. This subordinate commission should meet as earlv
as practicable in Gwuttur Bay and proceed upward, from the boundary terminnc
between the Rivers Balm and Dusht, to Talk or the neighbourhood, submit tin o*
the result of their work in the form of a map to the representative of He?*
Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Persian Government at Teheran.
The undersigned begs to offer his sincere congratulations to the Govern
ment of the Shah on the happy termination of this troublesome question and
on the consequent removal of those serious causes of trouble and anxiety which
disturbed the harmonious relations so desirable to cultivate between the
authorities of Great Britain and Persia; and he has the honor to renew to His
Excellency the Minister lor Foreign Affairs the assurance of his hi Hi consider
1 ' ramlatim °f » l^rfrom Mirza Saeed Khan, to C. Alison, Esq., o. \m Jem. U
1288 (corresponding with the Uh September 1&71J
dependencies made over to the independent State of Rhplnf 1 1 Beloochistan
and have both been submitted to His Majesty the Shah? 1 ’ ^ reCelVed
to state tStte C lVsianGSnm?nt 0 lT S 'H ^ most respectfully
considered itself to have ov^ H-W?! ’ “ otwitbst “ dl “g «« clear right which it
of Her Britannic Majesty’^Gowrnmen^thaTHn ^ ^ ^ , f °" the ^es
to a satisfactory conclusion by the definition of Sh ?- U d v® brou 8' llt
accepted Your Excellency’s letter mdiplT ol a mi bo ^ nda ry Ime, has-hereby
looks forward to the desirable results and i ^ ers ian Government now
from the British Government for this " ^ lm Portant advantages which it expects
on the part of l>e re ia“S ^ ^perLon
manner in which the matter will 1 ^ 1 emanate from ^ suitable
Your Excellency, an e^perie.med t 1 ‘ , 1 r0n ? L the 8 ood offices of
co^ni
Translated by—
(Signed) W. J. HICKSON.
3.
1? B-ded Gulahek, the 1st September 1871.
loom C. Alison, Eso r u it -r
To-Mr. W. J. BickL. ' e '' anU1C Ma J est Y s Minister at Teheran.
I have to instruct vou to n,,], ,
Khan, Persian Minister for Eoreign A ffd? aco ?‘ : “P an y in ? note to Mirza 5
Made a t our conference of the S i ff ’ Wrltten according to the a-reei
Goldsmid. An exact copy “d the map signed by°Ge
Ho me duly signed witl/hK note “ ^ “ ordel ' he Ayr?
bed therein. Lc 12i ^ply to mine accepting the frontier s
Eon will leave with His Exr-tdi
2 llenc ^ a ^ ran slation of this instruction.