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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [191r] (380/949)
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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On the Caspian the longest voyage is fro ® AstraUian to ^
^ntX^^Str^ by about 8 , 000.000 poods
of rnrr with land
freight wS always has the advantage of punctnalxty and - ^
The example of the Petrovsk-Baku Ral ^f th ^din^the fact that both
^rCdt«C“rpo’ r ts sufficiently organized for existing
traffic. rs travellijl g to Persia and back, ^ c °“ 9e ’ w ^ f^pge and the
to the most perfect sea route, on account of the dan 0 er y
disinclination to be subject® to sea sic vness. „ ener al. Persians, how-
The above considerations app y o P^ s ^° en te r t^in an abhorrence of the
ever, the main contingent of at the end of Pebrunry, a party
sea, and will all to a man go y i ' . Q Enzeli, disembarked at Astara m
to make the “
j0 %r;Sel!r^ C0 Baku to Eesht, inclusive of rolling-stock of four
pairs of trains, will cost n . f traffic and communi-
storms. +1 pnrmtrnction of the railway
As has been shown, all the e ^P en ' ^ expenditure on improvement
to Besht will be entirely productive, h i t Uusso-Persian intercourse.
of sea communication will never cmnp e efy se & f the
The second volume of Mr. Rl ™ G p • h cliah bar. These march routes
r^umbiSes^es them from a military point of view as
t0U0 l S March route from Eashan through f dis ^ ^ for smaU
“ The route is completely suitable oi n S' q£ large f orc0 _ a
reconnoitring P art [® 3 ’ " furnished not only with pack-saddle
division, with aR ..Y^AiMded train The route will hardly require
siderable degree.”
. 4 ?^ through Asda and Meibud to Yezcl.
2. March route from N = suited for the advance of a large
“ The whole ““.desori q Reeled train. Supplies or proyi-
ISom AgrtoVe^may be fully calculated upon”
3. Prom Yezdto Anar:— . „ a ;,i pra ,ble force—two battalions
“On the whole, ^"ed train-will meet with hardly
of infantry, with for the march of a large number
^“require echeloning in places, which is caused by the
lack of large sites for bivouacking.
-n a -nor through Bahramahad to Kirman :
™>« ■ ><”“ vtviisfs. vts ini
force will be completely provided for.
3'ISr SE'S. " AV»t .l«l .IU to. to t. do., to
ih ft route suitable for wheeled traffic.
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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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- ‘Persia – especially Seistan’
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- 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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