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Coll 28/28 ‘Persia. Perso-Baluchistan Frontier. Demarcation near Mirjawa.’ [74r] (158/658)
The record is made up of 1 volume (323 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1924-20 Nov 1935. It was written in English and Persian. 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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*T®lal tackled ®e tM© moaning In ooirreraation about
tne of India 1 ® lnt<!ntlon to repair their post
at Uila SafidU
He said that they had lust received fresh info mat ion
that the Indian Frontier representative, named Abdul Rashid
iChan, had arrived at the frontier with the intention of
repairing the post.
The Minister had instructed hi» to talk over the natter
with me and to request ua not to take any such action for
the presnnt| but to wait until the results of the survey
of the frontier were made known*
knew that the Persian Oove^rsnent claiaed certain
areas in the vicinity of Mirjawa m belonging to then e. g. #
?iila Bafid, Taftan, md Airiawah (f Mirjawa Kuh) were
c msidered by the Per sian® a® thtir territory, they consid*
ered that auri^ th® war the British troops had made various
unjustified incursions into Persian territory and the
existing series of frontier post® was %h» result of these
1rregular intrust on®.
The Persian surveyor (an old am named Abdul jRiza Khan,
a relative of Percmghi *s) wa® preparing his detailed report*
Among other things he was about to report that the big map
attached to ; the Frontier Agreement of ia©5 (9189?) or
thereabouts wa® quite incorrect ana in fact full of mistake®.
The Peroian. were actoniahcd to hear thi^. They
regarded it a® e-nfirming their view a® to the encroachment®
dn the frontier* h® soon a® Abdul map and report were
ready they would enter into conversation® with us with the
view of definitely fixing the frontier line once and for mil*
But the For elan Government took the view that until these
difference® were settled, md a® long as both side® claim
uila Safid, it is beat that the Indian authorltie® should
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not
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Correspondence, memoranda, maps and other papers relating to the establishment of a precise position of the frontier between Persia [Iran], British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan], and Afghanistan, arising in response to the proposed transfer to Persian ownership of the Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] to Duzdap [Zahedan] stretch of the North Western Railway, and territorial claims made by the Khan of Kalat, Mir Mohammad Azam Jan Khan, and the Persian Government. The volume’s correspondents include: Foreign Office and 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. officials; the British Legation at Tehran (Reginald Hervey Hoare; Charles Dodd); the Government of India (Francis Verner Wylie); the Agent to Governor-General and Chief Commissioner for Baluchistan (Alexander Norman Ley Cater); the British Consul for Sīstān and Kain [Ka’īn] (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly).
The correspondence covers:
- The historical basis for negotiations, being surveys carried out in the 1870s, and a demarcation agreement concluded on 24 March 1896 by Colonel Thomas Hungerford Holdich, later referred to as the Holdich Line. Papers include correspondence from the 1930s in response to uncertainties about the precise position of the line (including extracts of the agreement in Persian), and copies of correspondence from 1895-1896 relating to the conclusion of Holdich’s agreement.
- Arrangements in 1932 for a joint British and Persian survey party to map the frontier, with Captain Guy Bomford of the Survey of India leading the British party. The results of Bomford’s survey are summarised in a copy of a secret letter, dated 9 June 1932, with accompanying maps (ff 113-119).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (323 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 321; 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 two leading and two ending flyleaves.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 28/28 ‘Persia. Perso-Baluchistan Frontier. Demarcation near Mirjawa.’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:13v, 15r:37v, 41r:53v, 59r:100v, 102r:114v, 116r:117v, 120r:160v, 163r:173v, 175r:179v, 181r:185v, 187r:257v, 259r:281v, 283r:291v, 293r:305v, 307r:321r, back-i, 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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