ملف رقم ١٣٧٧ لسنة ١٩٠٥، جزء ٣، "الحدود الفارسية البلوشستانية: مسألة بيران وكاشا" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٦] (٢٠٩/١٣١)

[Confidential.]
Meshed Diary No. n for the week ending 14 th March 1908 .
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THE YEZD-TABBAS road.
V mi ; r Khan, the ancient head of the road guards has taken to fhe
the seistan karguzar on kain affairs.
A f J, 0tI ! March.—The Seistan Karguzar has submitted a report to the Karguzar
ff ,° n ‘ W0 , matters ' both of which concern us. The first is to the
Sekf hat TK e ^ haukat - u, -M uIk has given Asperan to Said, our Levy Jemadar in
kat u n MulI h h a ^T Zar r nt f S0Ut ‘ hat tb,s i s . v . er y improper and that the Shau-
frontier d thls to assist tlle Bnt ish to seize a new position on the
The second complaint is that the Shaukat ignored him in dealing with the
IJuru incident and accepted a letter to the Governor of Herat from the British
Tehran theSG chargeS wil1 undoubtedl y be used against the Shaukat at
THE AFGHAN AGENT AND THE CUSTOMS.
nth March .—The Customs drew up a proces-verbal &gd\ns\. Abdulla Khan,
the Afghan Agent who, upon returning from his visit to the Amir, brought
several rifles, revolvers, etc,, with him. Before employing force against
Abdulla Khan, who refused to send his effects to the Customs, M. D’hoedt
appealed to me. I induced Abdulla Khan, who was much alarmed, to send the
arms to this Consulate and finally arranged for him to be allowed to keep them.
The whole affair has had an excellent result, as the Karguzar intervened but
without effect, and Abdulla Khan, who has tried to be independent of this
Consulate, has received a lesson which should do him good. At the same time,
he is, like many Afghans, remarkably thick-headed.
2 . ALLEGED ENCROACHMENTS AT KACHA KUH AND PIRAN.
^ The Karguzar has sent me an official complaint to the effect that British
subjects are cultivating land on Persian soil at Kacha and at Piran. 1 have
asked Major Kennion as to what reply I should give.
THE MESHED MUNICIPALITY.
12th March .—The Governor-General has sent for and abused the President
of the Municipality for asking for the local revenues derived from shopkeepers,
etc., to be handed over to him. The latter firmly replied that these sums were
granted in the Nizam Nama for the use of the Municipality.