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Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’ [13v] (37/434)
The record is made up of 1 volume (213 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1927-25 Oct 1933. 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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12th. He proceeded to Tehran on the
14th alleging that he would obtain a visa
from our Legation.
5. Miscellaneous .—Traffic between
Meshad and Zahidan has suffered delay
owing to damage to the road by spate.
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
20,000 have been allocated till
the end of the present Persian Year for the
construction of the new Zahidan-Zabul
road and the earthwork is progressing.
Stone is to be brought by lorry from
Koh-i-Kwajah. It is stated that 300,000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
will be voted for this road next
year. It really appears that this road is to
be tackled in earnest at last. When the full
scheme of linking Zabul via Baring with
Shusp is completed, Zabul will be withm an
easy days motoring of Birjand and two
days of Meshad.
India and Tehran only.
6. Persian Baluchistan and Sarhad.
The Kerman troops are still camped at
Bodbar. Three hundred camel sowars sent
from Khwash have not proceeded beyond
Iranshehr. Abdul Hussain is reported
to have looted another caravan. The
majority of the Baluchis of Sarbaz have
joined him. The Kerman troops willy^
probably return to Headquarters after the
15th February, as the heat then becomes
intense. If this be so, Abdul Hussain will
remain at large and be a centre of unrest
for at least another year.
C. K. DALY, Major C.I.E.,
His Majesty's Consul,
Sistan and Kain.
Locust Beport for the month of
January 1933.
No locusts appeared in the Consular
District of Sistan and Kain (including
Zahidan and the Sarhad) during the month
of January 1933.
C. K. DALY, Major C.I.E.,
His Majesty's Consul,
Sistan and Kain.
S Y -
Mc98FD—18—30.5-33—GIPS
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Printed copies of monthly reports submitted by the British Consul at Sistan and Kain [Ka’īn] (Clarmont Percival Skrine; Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly).
The reports provide information on: the region’s trade; locust observations and movements (occasionally appearing as an appendix to the main report); affairs of the Persian Government and Persian military ; the movements of British consular officials; local affairs at the region’s towns, including Sistan, Birjand, Sarhad (in Persian Baluchistan) and Duzdap [Zahedan]; roads and railways; Afghan affairs; the activities of Soviet Russian Government representatives in the region, including the dissemination of Soviet propaganda; and the movements of foreigners, in particular Europeans and Russians.
Minute papers are enclosed with each report, which frequently contain handwritten notes made by 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. staff, making reference to numbered paragraphs from the report.
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- 1 volume (213 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The monthly reports are arranged into subjects and paragraphs, with each new subject given a number. For the years 1928 to 1931 the subjects begin at 1 for the first subject in the first report for January, and run until the end of the December report. From 1932, the subject numbers restart at 1 in each monthly report.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 209; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the four leading and ending flyleaves.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 35-209; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
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- Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:88v, 89v:133v, 134v:185v, 187r:203r, 204r:209v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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