'Boundary between Persia and North-West Baluchistan'

Title:

'Boundary between Persia and North-West Baluchistan'

Contributor:

Frederick Weston Peile Macdonald (author)
Hermann Anderson Haines (author)

Date:

1893/1893

Description:

Two documents exist within these folios, one of which was written by Hermann Anderson Haines, Assistant, Public Works Department, on 19 September 1893, and the next by Captain Frederick Weston Peile MacDonald on 15 August 1893. The first document by Haines explains the history leading up to the boundary dispute between Persia and Baluchistan over the ownership of Mekran and the actions that have been taken by each party. It also focuses on the original documents, drawn up by Major-General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid, which marked the boundary. Haines closes the document by stating the necessity of speedy delimitation. The second document by MacDonald focuses mainly upon the benefits of quickly arranging a settlement over the boundary as he believes that it shows the support of the British for the people of Mekran and also provides a countermove against recent Russian involvement in the region.9 foliosFoliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 23, and terminates at f 31, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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:

International relations
Boundary disputes

Geographic region:

Persia
Baluchistan
Kohuk
Kharan
Mekran

Extent:

9 folios

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00009d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00009d_en
IOR/L/PS/18/C63

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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