ملف ١٩١٦/١٣٢٣ الجزء ١ "بلوشستان: الأوضاع المضطربة على الحدود الأنجلو فارسية. الإدارة المستقبلية لولايات مكران وسرهد وقلات" [و‎‎٦‎٧] (٨٩٦/١٣١)

Fr0m ~ T Po.S g Dep:“S, dYk G0Vernme,lt ° f ^ F ° rei ^ ““
To-The H^Yhle the Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in
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No. 17-M., dated Delhi, the 18th March 1924.
Indorsed by Foreign and Political Department.
^Telegram to His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No. 562-S.,} dated the loth
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Dated Duzdap, the 12th March 1922.
From— Lieotenant-Colonel L. B. H. Haworth, I.A., Foreign and Political Depart-
ment of the Government of India, Duzdap,
To—The Hon ; ble the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign
and Political Department, Delhi.
I Lave the honour to report that, when travelling from Kerman to Meshed
on my ariival at Lam I found that Diwan Begi, the civil and more important
member of the mission which was despatched by the Prime Minister to
negotiate with Dost Muhamed, had arrived at that place. I accordingly halted
for two days in order to discuss the question with him.
2. We were both stopping with Sardar Mojallal, the chief land-owner of the
district and at present Governor of Bam. Sardar Mojallal, whose father was
for many years Governor of Persian Baluchistan, probably knows more about
the people of that country than anyone else on the Kerman side.
_ will be remembered that in his telegram to the Government of
India, No. 13, § dated 6th February 1924, His Majesty’s Minister stated that the
Prime Minister had said that he hoped the result of the negotiations at Bampur
would end in the peaceful submission of Dost Muhamed and that Salar Amjad
would then receive orders to march on Bampur, both armies from Kerman
and Duzdap being placed under one command and that pending the result of
the negotiations both armies wore to keep each other fully informed of their
movements.^ Dewan Begi iniortns me that he has submitted his report to
Tehran and is awaiting the Prime Minister’s orders on it. He expects to be
called up to Tehran.
4. Salar Amjad would appear to have been complaining regarding the
activities of the peace mission which is a position which it is difficult to follow.
Salar s own mission is to overawe the tribes of the Sarhad and to show to Dost
Muhamed by the occupation of Khwash that the Persian Government not
only intends to take action if necessary, but is strong enough to do so, thus to *
* Notes page 9.
+ Serial No. 31.
t Serial No. 6B.
§ Serial No. 274 in File No. 7C)(iy)M.
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