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Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’ [25r] (60/434)
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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witli equal fluency and seemed both in
terested and well informed on Indian
affairs, lends colour to local report that he
was an Indian disguised as an Arab.
M. Delcorde, Inspector-General of Persian
Customs, visited Zahidan during the month.
Peter Gonnheimer, German national,
arrived at Zahidan on 19th. He had
neglected to obtain an exit visa from
Tehran Police and was detained pending
telegraphic reference. He intends pro
ceeding to China via India in search of
employment. He states that he is an
engineer.
R. W. Puckle, British subject, accom
panied by H. W. Irvin, U. S. citizen, passed
through Zahidan on 16th en route China.
M. G. A. McIntosh, Canadian Missionary,
arrived at Zahidan from India on the 16th
and proceeded to Meshed for Tehran.
Captain Benyon, endeavouring to estab
lish a motor record from London to Calcutta,
left Zahidan for India on the 9th.
Dr. D. Black arrived from India on the
9th and proceeded to Tehran.
C. K. DALY, Major C.I.E.,
His Britannic Majesty's Consul,
Sistan and Kain.
Distribution. —His Britannic Majesty’s
Minister, Tehran; the Foreign Secretary to
the Government of India, Simla; the
Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor-General
in Baluchistan, Quetta; His Britannic
Majesty’s Consul-General, Meshed; and the
Ofhcer-in-Charge, Intelligence Bureau,
Quetta.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (213 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3403
- Title
- Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence