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diatfiot* either belong to Maaiut or to Kheiat til© 13tli November, asked the Bombay
li:uin* Government whotl.Hr, whea the boundary
faro.ir of ihair baiougintr to M»«kat. between the Persian and lvliflat tcrri-
“ Bat wcr# »»it on* of ti.® above tbrro theo-ica Rories was arranged by General Gold sin id,
accepted, it would, I think, be profvxablo to tho ", . .. J r ,,
prrient undefined political condition. IfUwadur, the question Ot t he possessions Ol tllO
for inatance, b-long to Khclat, and weio to Sultail of Mftskat Oil tllO Mokran Coast
acknowledge, neither Government nor tho If linn
of KhcUt would permit person'* there residing to was included and disposed of.
threaten the .Ma9k.1t Coast. If, ugaln, Gwaibir
be indop.Mident, viovemmoui in acknowledging ita , n i
indepenaeme would pnb-vblf provide that its 237. Thereupon tho Bombay Govcrn-
ituierahouid not aggrras; and it, thirdly,Gwadur meiit, on tlio Gtli December, recorded a
belong to Mi-kal, Government would probably
provide that tho Sullau should hold peacoful Resolution to the effect that no decision res­
poesession.M pecting tho right of tho Sultan of Maskat
Mj"orhR«°'PoliU«l‘'Ag-ut-it liX'lnirld oitllur t0 G'vail"'°r G1“rbar "as arlived
“that Itashid bin Hamel, who wa. aent by His at by GoilOral Goldsillltl. In fact it Was
Highneea Syad Turki to Oburbir, has returned not jn question, tllO boundary to bo
from that port, having apparently been umuccea- ,, . . . , ,
ful in his miaMon. settled being that between Khelat and
“ Letters have been addrrsird to me by Been Persia.
Mabomrd Zudgnl staling that the Surtcep Ibra­
him Khan of Bampoor lias written announcing
bis intention of taking po'fossion of Charbar, and Maskat was not represented, and the
app<«iuting Mvr Hns«*in Khan to b.‘ Zabit. rights of that State could, they said, not
”1 understand similar communications Lave
been mudo to Ilia Highness Syud Turki.” bo effected.
238. By No. 2780-P., datod 28th December 1871, the Government of
India expressed full concurrence in the observations recorded in tho Bombay
Government Resolution of 6th December, but remarked that it was undesirable
that the Commissioner in Sind or the Officer of the Telegraph Department
should make any communication to Ibrahim Khan on the subject beyond
stating that they had no authority to hold communication with him on poli­
tical questions.
And by No. 2781-P., of the same date, a copy of the correspondence was
sent to Mr. Alison (enclosures 10-12 in despatch to Secretary of State, No. 8,
dated 24th January 1872).
239. On the 24th January, Mr. Alison telegraphed to the late Viceroy:—
“The Grand Vizier has received intelligence that tho brother of the Imam of Maskat has
taken the Fort of Charbar. His Highness observes that in deference to the wishes of Her
Majesty’s Government, Persia has waived her rights over the Khelat territory and accepted
the frontier line laid down by General Goldsmid. That according to this arrangement,
Charbar unquestionably belongs to Persia and that, as Her Majesty’s Government have
used their influence to limit Persian movements in Beloochistan, it is but reasonable to expect
that the same influence will also be exercised iu preventing encroachments upon Persian terri­
tory by the Imam of Maskat.”
240. In reply, Mr. Alison was, by telegram of the 6th February, referred
to the papers seut to him on the 28th December, and it was added :—
“The position of Maskat in reference to Charbar was in no way affected by the proceed­
ings of the Mekran Commission on which Maskat was not represented.”
241. He telegraphed again on the 8th February :—
“The Grand Vizier says that Persia is anxious to establish her authority along the whole
line of her coast starting wes* from the point*
* i.e., the polut ia Gwutlur Bay.
marked down in General Goldsmid’s map, that
considering the readiness which she has always shown in acceding as far as possible to the
wishes of her old ally, England, he hopes that Her Majesty’s Government will in this matter
afford their moral support/*
242. And the Government of India received Bombay letter No. 818, dated
12th February, sending a report from Captain Miles, dated 21st. January, to
tbe Commissioner in Sind in which be reports
“Syud Abdool Azeez left Gwadur on Monday last, the 15th instant, with the professed
intention of making a shooting excursion iu tho interior. When a few miles off, however, he
embarked in a dinghy that was waiting and proceeded to Charbar, which was hold by Aghee,
a son of Decn Mahomed, with only two or three men. The latter was quite unprepared for
resistance, and none was offered, and Abdool Azeez took quiet, possession of the Fort. Dcen
Mahomed has been sent for by his son, but him not yet arrived there. I lis Highness Abdool
Azeez has been joined, a few days before he left, by four Arabs from Sohar bringing letters