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Reference IOR/L/PS/18/C83

Title 'Memorandum on the Special Mission to Seistan and Mekran.'

Date(s) 31 Dec 1874 (CE, Gregorian)

Written in English in Latin

Extent and Format 1 file (5 folios)

Holding Institution British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

Copyright for document Open Government Licence

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The memorandum provides a brief overview of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, onthe subject of the boundary commissions for Seistan and Mekran [Makran] in 1872; headed by Frederic JohnGoldsmid. It is noted that the Foreign Office's refusal to pay a share of the costs of the aforementionedmissions is the motivation for producing it; the India Office had expected the costs of these missions to beshared between the Imperial (i.e. London) and Indian governments.

The author of the memorandum, and manuscript notes (in pencil), is Owen Tudor Burne, Secretary, PoliticalDepartment.

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'Memorandum on the Special Mission to Seistan and Mekran.' [118r] (1/10)

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