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IOR/L/PS/18/C65
- Record Id:
- 040-000563714
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0000a0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100029867489.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/C65
- Title:
- The History of Seistan and Lash-Jowain
- Scope & Content:
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This document was compiled and signed by H Le Poer Wynne (Foreign Department) and covers the history of Seistan and Lash-Jowain [Lāsh-e Juwayn], including the dispute over sovereignty which led to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-7).
The document is divided into the following sections:
1. The history of the Province up to the Persian War of 1856-7.
2. Events and correspondence regarding the Province from the period immediately preceding the Persian War of 1856-7 down to 1861.
3. The alarm which Dost Mahomed's [Dost Mohammad Khan] advance on Furrah [Farāh]and Herat [Herāt]caused the Persian Government, and the correspondence which followed, 1861-1864.
4. The views expressed by the Home Government during this period.
5. The quiet occupation of the Province by Persia from 1864 to the end of 1867.
6. Her further advance and raids into the territory of Sheikhnassoor, Furrah, and Candahar[Kandahār], from end of 1868 to present date.
7. The despatches of the British Minister at Tehran regarding (1) Persia's apprehensions of Shere Ali's designs on Seistan; (2) the late raids into Afghan territory.
8. Correspondence regarding the proposal to submit the matter to British arbitration.
Much of the document is compiled using extracts from correspondence submitted between officials in Britain, Persia and Afghanistan.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563639
040-000563714 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/C : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section C
IOR/L/PS/18/C65 : The History of Seistan and Lash-Jowain - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0003]/037-000563639[0075]/040-000563714
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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38 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0000a0
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1870
- Date Range:
- Jun 1870
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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