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‘Persia – especially Seistan’ [390r] (778/949)
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From Hu Britansio Majesty’s Consol, Kerman, No 270 , bated 15 tb September
(received 20th October) 1904. - •
Submit* a revised estimate of expenditure in connexion with the itinerary of the Commercial
Mission.
From the Upper India Chamber op Commerce, Cawnpore. dated 21 st October
(received 25th October) 1901.
Enquire if Government can see their way to paying a portion of the estimate of expenditure
incurred in connexion with the Commercial Mission, submitted with their letter of the
8lh instant. J
Please see Finance Department notes on page 5 ante.
Major Sykes has submitted a revised estimate of expenditure in connexion with the
Mission to Persia amounting in all to Rs. 10,793 or Rs. 1,593 more than his former estimate
I. would point out though that the pay and travelling allowances of Khan Bahadnr Asghar
Ali and o£ Hospital Assistant Tatazul Husain have not been entered, nor has the pay of
three sowars been shown. 1 ^
%. It is understood that the travelling allowances of Asgbar Ali and of the Hospital
Assistant are to be governed by the Civil Service Regulations, and that as.these men are
Government servants the expenditure incurred in connexion with their pay and travelling
allowances, while on deputation with the Mission, will not be a charge against the sanctioned
grant of Rs. 20,000.
8 . In Section I of the estimate submitted by Major Sykes an amount of Krs. 375
(‘Rs. 96) is shown for three Indian sowars (with one extra mule for rations) from Kerman to
Buuder Abbas, and in Section VI we have Krs. 1,500, (Rs. 385) for the forage and rations
of three Indian sowars, throughout for 120 days. To this will have to be added the pay
and travelling allowances of three Indian sowars from Bunder Abbas to Kerman and from
fCerman to Pasni. The relieved sowars will probably embark for India from Pasni. It
is for consideration whether the total expenditure in connexion with the relieved sowars
accompanying the Mission from Bunder Abbas—these sowars are seconded while absent from
•ta av._a av.« at t ka— ia *—a their regiment—should be borne by the ^fission
or whether, if the AMilitary Department* agree’
these men could not be consi lered as on duty at
Kerman during the period they will be acting
as an escort to the Mission, and their pay and
travelling allowances for that period be a charge
against Civil.
4. Pending the decision on this point Major
Sykes may perhaps f be authorised to expend any
sum, say, up to a limit of Rs. 10,800 or even
Rs. 11,000. If Finance Department agree to
this Major Sykes will be informed that this
amouut has been placed at his disposal.
5. In regard to the request of the Upper India Chamber of C<mmeree, it wmld be
as well perhaps if an advance of the whole amount of their estimate (Rs. 5,867-0) were made
to them as proposed by the Finance Dapartraent, the final bills being submitted to this
Department.
Finance Department to see for the issue of necessary orders, after which we shall inform
the Upper India Chamber of Commerce of the action taken.
•It is understood that the Military Department
have agreed to the three men (relieved sowars),
remaining with the Mission to the end.
f If the charge is to be against the Mission it
will come out of the special grant. If it is to
be a charge against.Civil, the concurrence of the
Finance Department is required. His Majesty’s
Government would have to pay half, vide Finan
cial Department note of Itith September 1901.
A. F. F. '
E. L. N.,-5-11-1901.
I would debit the charge for escort in the same
manner as the Consul’s escort (of which it forms
a part) is ordinarily debited.
L. Russeli-.,— 7-18-1901.
G. M. C.,—3-11-1904.
E. L. N.,—5-11-1904.
Please put up drafts.
A. Fremantle, —7-11-1904.
L. Russell,— 7-11-1904.
Drafts added. Finance Department should see before issue.
G. M. C.,—8-9-1904.*
E. L. N.,—9-11-1904.
A. Fremantle,— 10-11-04.
L. Russell,— 10-11-1904.
Finance Department.
We may agree that the salary and travelling allowances of Khan Bahadur Ashghar Ali,
and Hospital Assistant Tafazul Husain, and of the sowars should be debited to the ordinary
heads of account. Any other extra expenditure connected with their deputation should be
charged to the account of the Mission. A precedent for such a decision will be found in the
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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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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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