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IOR/L/PS/12/3601
- Record Id:
- 040-000558668
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558616
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0000a3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044349678.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3601
- Title:
- Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land'
- Scope & Content:
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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 & Brothers
- insolvency of Mohamed Ali & Brothers, not paying rent for the building
- negotiations 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 others
- sketch representing the land leased in 1906 to Mohamed Ali & Brothers (f 80)
- negotiations to sell the land to the Afghan Government, in 1937
- proposal to offer the property to the Iranian Government, in exchange for freehold rights over the land occupied by the Zahedan Vice-Consulate, in 1938
- reports 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 reported
- report on the river Helmand's changing delta; sketch representing Oscillations of Helmand 1760-1940 (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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558616
040-000558668 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3551-3708 : Political (External) Collection 29: Persia and Persian Gulf; British Representation and Representatives in Persia and the Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3601 : Coll 29/40 'Seistan: sale of consulate land' - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/12/3601, f 14 : Mouth of the Nuriab
IOR/L/PS/12/3601, f 25 : Oscillations of Helmand 1760-1940
IOR/L/PS/12/3601, f 48 : Sketch representing the rivers Naurab, Hermand and Shela, surrounding Zabul
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/12/3601 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0030]/037-000558616[0052]/040-000558668
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (220 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0000a3
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 19 Mar 1931-1 Feb 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- 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.
- Former External References:
- Coll 29/40
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)