File 1377/1905 Pt 2 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Border Meetings'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 1377/1905 Pt 2 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Border Meetings'
- Date:
- 1903/1907
- Description:
- Abstract: Part 2 contains correspondence relating to meetings between Persian and British officials to address matters of dispute and to promote order along the frontier zone. The correspondence is between the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Viceroy of India, Foreign Office, and India Office. Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:the Persian Prime Minister (Mushir-ed-Dowleh);Major Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire;Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan;British Consul at Kerman;Political Agent, Kalat;British Chargé d'Affaires (later, Minister), Tehran;Director of Persian Gulf Telegraphs, a division of the Indo-European Telegraph Department of the British Government;Political Agency, Mekran [Makran].Several matters are covered by the papers, including:the question of a garrison of Persian troops at Irafshan [Īrafshān];the demolition of a fort at Magas;British opinion of the incoming Governor-General of Kerman and Governor of Baluchistan;proposals for closer ties between British authorities in Kerman and those in Baluchistan;the arrangement of annual meetings between Persian and British officials to discuss frontier matters;the outcome of these meetings for the years 1905 and 1906;the postponement of the 1907 meeting owing to unrest in Dizak following the death of the Shah of Iran (Muẓaffari’d-Dīn Shāh Qājār);the question of political control over the Mekran border;the case of Persian government official, Mir Ahmad Khan, entering British territory in pursuit of tribesmen who were allegedly avoiding the payment of taxes.Physical description: 1 item (111 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Shah of Persia, Qajar dynasty
- Geographic region:
- Irafshan
Magas
Dizak - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100027191684.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100027191684.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/10/79/2
IOR/L/PS/10/79/2