'Report on The Mission to Seistan, by Surgeon-Major G. W. Brazier-Creagh, A.M.S [Army Medical Services] 1897.' [‎27r] (58/131)

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,8»7fTia. Isl - 181 - 185 - •> "*•■“• '-i”*. both ixyiS “,”td lb t“'V“’“
T p,, °® c i a ^ s when occasion offers.
Farrah, and Herat j novertheless 1 , 0 Kafila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. ^piy A bttweai 1 ^j lndah ^ r > Chakansur, Lashjuwain.
goods reach the Amir’s territory through Selstan from fhia l ’' aoes our Ba Qdar-Abbas
Nasratabad, Daulatabad, Buri-i-Kolina-Siadnk Q a fc 8 P ° r ^ vl . a Bam ‘Narmishir and
to any one reading between the lines of the translation 0 and °“i Wal ' ds ; ’ ! j. wil1 be clearl y obvious
the frontiers of Afghanistan and Baluchistan roho«o ti 1Q iides legarding sanitary posts, on
particularly as regards routes Nos. I and ll’aud the elausetn ^Ttliar 1 C ! rew . u P. thesft ‘''lies,
oross except by these routes. n no ^ a slu g‘le soul shall
Seistan^and seeks°to dritSt^nt^thfhallds orUr^'G^vf 11 ^ . COI » i ag south through
Russian political regime and for years a well-known protegeTf that party ’ th6 leadei ' ° f th ®
trad e ( considerably ° besides imaging r^eS-lof ad tit ^ ^ ^ °" 1 '
Afghan, Ghaini, Khorassani, etc , afe well convel'nt vvitf thI ° S r e °«>?try, Balueh,
the activity with which the Russians are pushing on their infliTencrtV 0 slt " atI0n » aad
under the mantle of « commercial enterurise ” tC, ! influence throughout the country
permits it-a question of 00^!^ sifn^ance y “ g ° 80 lar8S t0 ask ^ ^arkar
•\r Jv 25) r uf^ eCt tke Baadar - A bbas route in favour of our newly-acquired Quetta
we.t .„d soutb, and it i, ,,ite p.ribl, with thel fuL.ucTLw “’Z™ .Tta Z ^
.pin pres, the present “ Monereh ” to concede them the len.-eoveted prise oil . port S
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Ftde previous report of mine, 1893 and 1894, page 79 P ’ ’ P 1
P^ent line of policy would appear to be to awaken to these facts and cheek a-
far as possible such designs by having a representative at Kerman, who could, during the
Kafila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. season tour down to Bandar-Abbas, and another at Birjand or Seistan, or vet on our
own Baluchis an frontier who could likewise come in here and keep on terms o/friendskip
with the local ofheers, watch our trade and how affairs proceeded. p
(27) That the Russians have secured a firm footiug already in Biijand and in Seistan ac
aforementioned is very evident. And that Naib-ul-Hakmut and the news- writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. are doing our
cause serious damage is beyond the possibility of doubt. &
(28) The fact of my remaining in the country against—as is supposed—the direct wish
of all parties, and moreover getting as much supplies as we require secretly from various
quarters and friends, is not without its good results and greatly pleases the Baluch and other
elements who have no sympathy with Parsiband rule or the interference of the Amir Pani
(Governor or Birjand). 1 1
(29) This has spread into Sarhad, etc., and I have had letters from old friends there
vfe.. Governor of Sarhad and Bampur, also from Ladis showing their desire to help me and
hoping I will come back that way and see them, ^
(30) I attach a copy of a letter, which came into my possession, from the Lady AJi
Akbar Khan (the Sartip's mother) to her husband at Tabas 3 a perusal of which will show whv
I took a trip to the frontier across the Panin and Helmand, also showing how the rights of
water-supply are a subject of discussion, and how the Russian news- writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. is busy "here
stirring up strife and poisoning the Sartip's ear with false report about “ encroachments of
the Amir's tribes who is a servant of the British, but does not mind their orders ” etc. etc
etc.
(31) The Helmand having during the last two years changed its course altogether, leaving
the Afghan side and now running west of Milak, whereas it ran east of it before, will cause
a paucity of water to flow to the Afghan territory. This may be a hone of contention later on
as the Persians now have the major portion of supply. Our friend, the Russian news- writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
has made himself acquainted with this and his actions may cause trouble. I purposely visited
this place, carefully mapped and noted situations for future guidance when this letter and
other information came into my hand.
Colonel M. S. Bell, V. C., in his “ Notes on a journey
from Quetta to Trebizond,” sounded the trumpet-note
of warning in his preface, page x. His advice and
warnings are sound in every particular.
(32) As far as I can learn, the Birjandi policy,
backed of course by Russian intrigue, is the
incorporation of Seistan with Ghaiu at a no
distant date.
(33) The Governor of Birjand has got no son to succeed him and this is one of the real
causes that has made him so jealous of his brother “ Mir Ali Akbar Khan ” of Tabas who
has several sons and family to succeed him in Tabas and Seistan. Ismail Khan also knows
that as a matter of law his own hereditary rights in Ghain have, in case of his death, to g*o
back to his brother and his family after him. Having spent most of his years in Russian pay
and favours, he is all the more anxious for one of his brother's sons (legal heirs) to follow him
after his death. Consequently the young Sartiphere is “ shadowed " and everything done to