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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [71r] (140/949)
The record is made up of 1 file (475 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1901-23 Aug 1905. 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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A Sta : e ff r t / h 0 , Win i th , e Prindpal WOrk done ‘he improvements
effected in the Kalat
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
during the four years 1901 . 04 .
1. In igoo the Khan had placed a
lac
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
in the Political A^nt-
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Brahui tribes are brought under irrigation. * Han and the
ctot; 4 ' Ma * tun S havln g been selected as the head-quarters of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
anew
“ Th f0 ™ th ? re ,°P 3 site selected by and acquired by ?be Political
A ent. The various new buildings erected comprise a new
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
house lying
in extensive and well laid out grounds, an office building, three blocks of clerks
quarters, levy lines a levy thana and jail combined, a dispensary a school a
bazaar, and certain buddings for the use of officials paid from^he Khan’s Funds
The first named three buildings were constructed by the Public Works Dena-t-
ment, but all the rest under the immediate direction of 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.
5. A new summer station at an elevation of 8,coo ft. has been discovered
and formed at Gish in the Harboi hills, 16 miles east of Kalat. Here a small
tworoomed house has been built and the place is certainly destined as the Kalat
other local official 6 ' ^ reCogniSed summ er residence of 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.
and
6. A small road-side, rest-house has been built at Guru half wav between
Mastung and Mungochar on the Quetta-Kalat road. '
Of, J'Poir K i a n t f c’ hcus ? h3S b f n built at Sibi for tbe use either of the Khan or
• ‘ he c P0ht ' Cal ° fficers of . the A S enc y- Th e
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.
has frequently to
for the Agenc C y 0nneCt, ° n CM cases and a hou ^‘bare was most necessary
. if', o reV I? U ? t0 1901 tbe 9 over . nment horse-breeding operations had not
touched the Jhalawan country but in that year 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.
arranged for
a Government horse to be sent to Kalat and, this step proving successful two
horses were sent m the year following, while the number now hasten increased
rom^Klr'f d Sta i h0n S K ab,eS ’ paid f0r half fr0m Im P erial and half
from Kalat funds have been provided. In addition to this three cr 0 od
stallions have been obtained for the Khan for his private stud, a donkey-stallion
has been purchased for Makran and placed at Panjgur. while a horse and a
donkey stallion have been obtained for the Jam of Las Bela.
9. Six new levy thanas have been established, viz., at Mungochar in Sara-
trfH’M anda i Va m kachl ’ ^ ? ur ^ b in U PP er Jhalawan, at Khozdar, at Mar Lak in
die Mengal country and in the Mashkai valley half way between Kalat and
e ra \ of these places suitable thana buildings have been erected while
a h ere enth bU1 dmg haS been P r0vlded at Ze hri for the Thana already existing
to. In addition to the thanas small levy posts have been established at
seven different places, mz. t at Doctor Chah, Guru, Kotul and Soroo along, and
for the safety of the Quetta-Kalat road, at Ladgasht on the Persian border, at
Samotn in the Mengal country and at Wad with the working Mengal
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.
.
u. Several very useful roads have been constructed all over the district the
total length of these either completed or in hand being about 330 miles.
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This part contains papers mostly relating to British interests in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
It includes a copy of the Board of Trade Commercial Intelligence Committee ‘Report received from Mr. H. W. Maclean, the Special Commissioner appointed by the Commercial Intelligence Committee of the Board of Trade, on the conditions and prospects of British trade in Persia.’
A handwritten note at the front of the file, on folio 5, states ‘Spare copy of notes & correspondence of the “Helmand Control” file (with maps)’. Folio 110 consists of handwritten notes, including one dated 27 April 1904, which states ‘The secret Helmand papers have been printed up, and a set, with necessary maps, is submitted for H.E. the Viceroy to take to England.’ Much of the file concerns the question of controlling the water of the Helmand river and irrigating its whole delta, and the work of the Seistan Arbitration Commission to arbitrate between Persia and Afghanistan on the question of rights to the water of the Helmand in Seistan.
The file also includes reports by W A Johns on reconnaissances of potential railway routes made while he was attached to the Seistan Arbitration Commission, and other papers relating to railways and roads in Persia.
In addition, the file includes copies of the following Government of India Foreign Department Proceedings, which reproduce received Foreign Department correspondence on the following subjects: ‘Selection of a British naval base in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .’, November 1901, Nos. 74-83; ‘Visit of His Excellency the Viceroy to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. during November-December 1903.’, February 1904, Nos. 33-127; ‘Establishment of telegraphic communication with Henjam. Question of the selection of a naval base in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Aggressive action of the Persians at Tamb and Abu Musa; their claim to the Islands.’, June 1904, Nos. 300-388; ‘Reports of the Commercial Mission to Persia.’, June 1905, Nos. 45-111; ‘Question of retaining flagstaffs erected in the neighbourhood of the Musandim Promontory’, August 1905, Nos. 288-307.’
The file also includes: brief handwritten notes written by Curzon on headed paper belonging to the Viceregal Lodge, Simla, relating to Seistan and to Lord Kitchener’s planned reforms for the reorganisation and redistribution of the Indian Army; and a printed copy of the report ‘A Note by Major H.L. [Herbert Lionel] Showers, C.I.E., on the present state of affairs in Kelat and a review of the system of Administration now being pursued.’
The file includes four maps: ‘Map of the Tail waters of Helmand River’ (13 July 1903), f 122; ‘Plan Shewing Proposed Routes for a Railway from Nushki to Afghan Frontier near Robat’ (10 April 1903), f 139; ‘Extract from Admiralty Chart No. 753. (Entrance to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ).’ (October 1901), f 219; and ‘Sketch of route Ram Hormuz to Fellahieh.’ (April 1904), f 230.
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- 1 file (475 folios)
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The papers are arranged in no apparent order, apart from the Government of India Foreign Department Proceedings, folios 231 to 474, which are arranged in chronological order.
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- Title
- ‘Persia – especially Seistan’
- Pages
- front, 2r:194v, 195v:196r, 197v:199v, 200v, 201v, 203r:272r, 273v:275v, 277r:405v, 408r:408v, 409v, 411r:413v, 414v:419v, 420v:424v, 425v:432v, 433v:435v, 436v, 437v:443v, 444v:471v, 473r:475v
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