Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land'

Title:

Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land'

Date:

1931/1941

Description:

Abstract: The file concerns the sale of land belonging to the Seistan and Kain (Zabul) Consulate, and reports on the flood in Seistan, causing damages to the Vice-Consulate at Zabul.The file contains:proposed sale of land situated outside the compound of Seistan Consulate, on which a building was erected in 1931, by Mohamed Ali & Brothersinsolvency of Mohamed Ali & Brothers, not paying rent for the buildingnegotiations between Mohamed Ali & Brothers, interested in buying the building or receiving a sum on the sale, and the Government of India, interested in selling the building to otherssketch representing the land leased in 1906 to Mohamed Ali & Brothers (f 80)negotiations to sell the land to the Afghan Government, in 1937proposal to offer the property to the Iranian Government, in exchange for freehold rights over the land occupied by the Zahedan Vice-Consulate, in 1938reports of the 1939-40 floods of the rivers Naurab, Hermand and Shela, surrounding Zabul, with sketch (f 48). The floods affected ground and building of the Zabul Consulate. Damages to bridges, roads and telegraph poles in Seistan are also reportedreport on the river Helmand's changing delta; sketch representing Oscillations of Helmand1760-1940 (f 25)sketch representing Mouth of the Nuriab(f 14).The file is composed of correspondence between the British Consulate at Seistan and Kain, the British Legation at Tehran, the Foreign Office, the British Consulate at Khorasan, the India Office, the Government of India, and Mohamed Ali & Brothers.There is a letter in French, from the Afghan Legation at Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 221; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Sales of land
Floods
British

Geographic region:

Zabul
Seistan

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0000a3_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0000a3_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3601
IOR/L/PS/12/3601

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