'Report on The Mission to Seistan, by Surgeon-Major G. W. Brazier-Creagh, A.M.S [Army Medical Services] 1897.' [‎27v] (59/131)

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wean his affections from his father to J"® hig a pp 0 i n tment to Sartip here is by Royal
when in a few years he becomes mdepe d t rat ^ n may accordingly be brought about.
Grant at the request of is a ’ ag Naib Hukmat in Seistan, with the sanction
(34) The appointment of ^ lla Y ® 1 1 of Biriand, simply meant that the boy (Sartip)
of the Shah at the instigation of the ^ 0 " eln ^ “ in ^ an pav .
must be brought up under the famin f Nasratabad will throw SO me light on the
(35) My notes m the month of . yj ^ d t h e Sartip (his son) and put in another
facts that Ali Akbar Khan himself is t e, arrangement of his brother and his party,
son, by a siga wife, in his place to c'-k this ai ^ ^
(36) Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Syed Khan himse £ (c ed w i t h his sister (Sartip’s mother) and the
in conversation to what an extent he . Seistau and that Ali Akbar Khan was doubt-
Naib-ul-Hukmat, who are the combined rule ^f S^stan a ^ m Seigtan>
fnl of his wife’s conduct and management of ^ V f el “^ k ’^ Khan has ]ed tbe Sal , ip . s mother
(37) The natural r.vahy between co-wi^^ ber for gome yearS) her son, the young
to believe that with her husband, who
Sartip, is not the favourite son. . . f a b]ot on tbe character even of a Persian
(38) Far he it from me to cast one p ladv’s name (viz., the most beautiful
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£ts’’ o P f'thJ wtf AfghlmX'n^nd 11 s^fl^ alfKh—-A^a-SetlL-Q trade as
the Amir has hitherto done. Meshed and Khorassan vid Bandar Abbas,
(40) The Indian trade ^ ^t il Listan and Afghanistan
Yezd, and Kerman, as also tha Nasratabad will be completely in the hands of
« BirjatS Co!/“’ho wiR also^tlock ” our Quetta-Seistan-Khorassan trade and thus cause
incalculable damage to our prestige. > > j o • l -u
It is generally reported here now that the authorities at Birjand and Seistan wi
keep all orders referring^ the re-opening of routes secret as long as they can, in older to
passports and direct Kafilas according to their own wishes. <
such an oX! denying o/rather concealing the receipt of the order which Purdil Khan had
given him on arrival from Tabas.
Our trade routes are bulwarks of British liberty and ought never to be allowed to decline
or be interfered with.
It is with pleasure I have to report continued good health of the party. W e want for
nothing excepting a little less heat and a trifle more money.
p t —May I request you will be so good as to beep a copy of all my despatches that I can
have access to same on return, to enable me to complete my report. The paucity or c ^ ei „ s >
heat, and surroundings, in the narrow limits of a Kabul tent are not conducive o o ce
work.
No. 43, dated the 12th Shawal 1314=15th April 1897.
From—The Lady Ali Akbar,
To—Her husband, the Governor of Tabas.
With compliments [endearing ).—It is all well in Kudadad Khan*s territory («.£., her
brother’s son).
Pray God, your favours might not lessen always towards us.
As regards the wheat and rogan, Tahvvildars have been ordered to supply as much as tney
could, but its despatch is pending owing to the want of camels; because almost all the cattle
keeping tribes are out of the country still grazing,
In all other respects, all is well in the country and there is nothing particular to bring
under your notice except regarding the water of Parian, which once before this has been reported
you.
(1) The water is very much less this year and it remains to be seen to what extent it will
later on affect the country.
The channel that goes to Afghan territory from Jahanabad side having fallen in, a very
small quantity of water goes to the Afghans.