"مجلد I مذكرات بخصوص بلاد فارس والمنطقة الحدودية الشمالية الغربية. ١٩٠٥." [ظ‎‎٦‎٠] (٣١٠/١٢٥)

arranged. The Persian Minister in London
has hinted that the Hashmat-ul-Mulk’s return
to Seistan would probably be arranged.
A similar statement was made to Captain
Macpherson by the Karguzar, who added that
the Hashmat-ul-Mulk would probably also get
the Governorship of Kain. He also stated that
the Shaukat-ul-Mulk had been deprived of all
powers, and that the Muazzaz-ul-Mulk was
now acting as Governor of Kain.
Mr. Keyes has been appointed Vice-Consul
for Seistan and Kain.
and the Mission moved into the Lash Juwain
district of Afghanistan. The Afghan Com
missioner and his camp arrived on the 19th,
shortly followed by Madat Khan, the
Governor of Lash Juwain. Madat Khan at
first assumed a hostile attitude to the Akhund-
zada, whose relations with Colonel McMahon
have hitherto been cordial, and began to in
trigue to try and upset the settlement. Colonel
McMahon was, however, able to show him that
the line demarcated was the same as that
laid down in the map sent by the Amir to
the Akhundzada. This happened to be a
tracing of Colonel McMahon’s own boundary
award map, but the agreement was regarded
as marvellous, and produced a great impression
on Madat Khan. The Yamin-i-Kizam, too, has
been trying to raise difficulties, and lodged an
official protest against the boundary line,"which
he wished to run further north in Lash Juwain,
so as to include certain tracts used by the Per
sians for grazing. Colonel McMahon declined
to make the desired deviation from the accepted
line, and the \amin-i-Nizam has desisted from
further opposition. In spite of the Yamin-i-
Nizam’s attitude, the Karguzar and the Deputy
Governor of Seistan, who both dislike him
have reported to Tehran that he, in collusion
with the British Commissioner, has conceded a
large slice of Persian territory to Afghanistan.
I he actual work of demarcation was success
fully completed on the 29th December. The
Akhundzada and Madat Khan paid a friendly
visit to the Yamin-i-Nizam on the 31st Decem
ber, and both sides were mutually comnli-
mentary over the results of the delimitation,
innal maps and statements are now bein<>
prepared. °
On the 26th December, the Tamin-i-Nizam
had an interesting conversation with Captain
Ramsay, in the course of which the latter
produced a copy of Sir Frederick Goldsmid’s
book on the Seistan Mission. On seeing this
the k amin-i-J»izam remarked that Mr. Miller
had given him a copy of the book, and had told
him to behave to Colonel McMahon as Mirza
Mausum Khan had done to Sir Frederick
Goidsnud. He also said that he had been