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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [40r] (79/313)
The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 14 Aug 1935-16 Apr 1936. It was written in English and French. 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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Enclosure 3.
Iranian-Baluchistan Frontier.
It was considered in consultation with Minister, Tehran,
what should be the attitude of the Government of India if
Monsieur Kazemi were to suggest in Delhi the demarcation on
the ground of the two undemarcated sectors of the Indo-Iranian
frontier. The three sectors are:
(a) The portion from Kuh-i-Malik Siah to Boundary Pillar
No. 11. Northern undemarcated sector.
(b) The portion east of Kuhak from Boundary Pillar No. 1
to Boundary Pillar No. 11, which was demarcated on the ground
by Colonel Holditch in 1896.
(c) The long stretch from Kuhak south to the sea at Gwattur-
Southern undemarcated sector.
2. The position as regards (a) is that a correct map has
been drawn by Captain Bomford. The Holditch line as drawn
on this map (blue line) in the straight northern sector passes
right through our posts of Piran and Lar and only just west of
the important post of Robat. We actually patrol a good way
west of this line and the frontier which we require is what is
known as the McMahon red line. This, however, cannot be
supported by agreements and our position therefore is to main
tain the status quo , and not raise the question of demarcation
on the ground, and if the Iranians raise it to endeavour to
put them off.
3. The southern undemarcated sector rests on the Goldsmids
delimitation of 1871. It is verbally defined in Minister,
Tehran's (Mr. Alison) letter No. 131 of the 5th September 1871,
enclosing a copy of his letter to the Persian Minister for
Foreign Affairs, and is marked on a map prepared by a
subordinate/
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Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper cuttings relating to an official visit made by the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bagher Kazemi, to Kabul, Afghanistan, and New Delhi, India. The file’s principal correspondents include: HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India. Aside from general commercial matters, specific subjects discussed by Kazemi and Government of India officials, as recorded in memoranda and notes in the file, include: the Duzdap [Zahedan] railway; the status of the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, Iran, and questions over its transfer to Bahrain; the demarcation of the Iran-Baluchistan frontier; the employment of officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India at consular posts in Iran; lorry traffic on the Nok Kundi to Zahidan [Zahedan] road. The file also contains a sequence of newspaper articles dated 2-27 February 1936, appearing in the French-language newspaper Le Journal de Teheran , and reporting at length on Kazemi’s visit (ff 6-28).
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- 1 file (154 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 155; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 29r:53v, 57r:58v, 61r:118r, 118ar, 118v:119v, 121r:143r, 143ar, 143v:155v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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