‏"ملخص الأحداث والتدابير الرئيسية التي اتخذها سمو نائب الملك اللورد كرزون من كيدلستون، نائب الملك والحاكم العام للهند في إدارة الخارجية. ‏I‏. يناير ١٨٩٩-أبريل ١٩٠٤. ‏II‏. ديسمبر ١٩٠٤-نوفمبر ١٩٠٥. المجلد IV. بلاد فارس والخليج الفارسي." [و‎‎١‎٢‎٢] (٣٨٦/٢٤٨)

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nnvprnmcnt on various occasions, and, especially by their agreement in the
v 1870 to refer to the arbitration of a British officer the question wmch
Tad then arisen with regard to the frontiers of Seistan and Afghantstan Tins
intprrsf, liad recently been much increased owing to the successful establ s
ment of 'lie trade route from Quetta via Nushki to Seistau and the rapidly
Smand n ' commerce which had consequently sprung up between the two
countries 0 In these circumstances, His Majesty’s Government regarded it as of
the utmost importance that Seistan should remain as heretofore under the
i ■ r'rmtml of Perkin and they could not tolerate or acquiesce in any
.CUta - rerenuw « »y oth.rr™.,,
or the intrusion of any foreign authority theie.
Sir A Hardinge was directed to add that His Majesty’s Government
honed that the rumour of an intention to punish the Hashmat ul-Mulk on
iceount o I s fHem y attitude to Great Britain was untrue as such a pro-
ceedi^ would make a very unfavorable impression, and might precipitate the
results 0 which His Majesty’s Government so earnestly desired to avoi .
The Grand Yizier denied that there wm any foundation for the rumours
alluded to, and no formal reply to this despatch was asked tor.
41 A few months later, however, it was found necessary to bring the
our interests had in ^"'‘‘•i.'^fvizier on 21st November 1901 in a note which,
when'rctonring^o Seistan, requestedthat tlm assurance^of ^ e clf r ity
C- tit 5Sf« ,-d se puoed
on formal record, and this A\as duly done. . .
mi i • f wns sliortlv afterwards again mentioned m the
Lord Lansdowne found \-J. r fnunrrls Persia and to point out that His
the salient features of British pohoy towards J'«W' i '' n ^ s rt s / n ^ Rllsgia of any
Majesty’s Government could no. acqmesc^ ^ ^ Commercial Monopoly or
preferential political rights . , iahis’replv repeated that it was
2SU22X -U >• m r
43. Meanwhile the P« 9i ‘ ion n °| ‘^.^’^vtS^bV^^e'nsthrply
no further summons to Te irai side and the allied Russians and
one, between the BriUs q£ his euem i es received a serious addition
with tTe arrival in M^ 1902 of “ho.
IZTo^X operdy Intfguef, of the Russians, to oust the
Hashmat in his own favour. , ,, ,,
44. To further increase his
in Seistan lands. , ,. . .
45. The removal of the Governor, possibly with the inten^
restored when made ^eans abandoned, and in July
which the Russian C ‘ h yj, Castaigne, tlie Belgian
1902 an attempt was made to rnvernor°General of Khorasan to reoom-
Hircctor of Customs, who pressed the of an assault upon
mend the Hashmat’s dismissal, nomm ^ Naiyur-ed-Dowleh, however,
M. Cesan by the Sal j tip °/ f.? easure and M. Castaigne threatened that