Various paginations, with numerous genealogical appendices (some folding). Many works in blue or red editorial pencil or with ma
1904 · [British India, Simla and elsewhere
by (Baluchistan) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]
[British India, Simla and elsewhere, 1904. Various paginations, with numerous genealogical appendices (some folding). Many works in blue or red editorial pencil or with marginal notes. 1 vols. Small folio. Contemporary Indian cloth-covered boards. Boards scuffed and rubbed; text with some staining and occasional old repairs; some folding tables shaved with loss. Various paginations, with numerous genealogical appendices (some folding). Many works in blue or red editorial pencil or with marginal notes. 1 vols. Small folio. A sequence of reports and first hand accounts of local conditions in Mekran, Kalat, Baluchistan, Northwest India (now Pakistan), and relations with with the Khan of Kalat and his family. An uncommon glimpse of politics of and life in a frontier state of British India. This is a series of eleven internal reports, many of them from the pen of Herbert Showers (1862-1916), whose career as a Political Officer took him to Kalat, Quetta, Jaipur, Alwar, Katmandu, Udaipur. He died relatively young, at 54, in 1916. The reports are candid: “As recent events show, important events seriously affecting the peace and well-being of the country may be passing and no information of them reach the Political Agent except accidentally from an unofficial source. And, as can readily be understood, the difficulties are greatly enhanced by our having such a man as Pasand Khan for the Jhallawan Sirdar.” A marginal note in pencil indicates “resigned in favour of his son in 1911”.
Comprising:
a) No. 371. From Lieutenant E. Le Mesurier, Officiating Political Agent in Kalat, To Major-General Sir James Browne … Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. 15th May 1896 … report on the recent tour made by His Highness the Khan of Kalat in the Mekran [sic.] country. 1-41 pp.
b) No. 280. From Lieutenant E. Le Mesurier, Officiating Political Agent in Kalat, To Major-General Sir James Browne … Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. Dated Camp Mustung, the 24th April 1896… report on the recent tour of His Highness the Khan of Kalat through Kech-Mekran, and the arrangements made by His Highness for the future administration of the country. 1-25 pp. “Vara 2.” in manuscript at head of p.1.
c) No. 93. Dated Camp Quetta, the 15th May 1897. From Lieut. R.A.E. Benn, Military Adviser and Assistant, His Highness the Khan of Kalat, To the Political Agent, Kalat … report in connection with the relief of the detachments of the Kalat State troops which was carried out by me … during my recent visit to Mekran. 1-25 pp.
d) Baluchistan. D. No. 308. No. 3389, dated Quetta, the 17th May 1898. From- Colonel Henry Wylie, C.S.I, Officiating Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, To-The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla … the following report, with its enclosures, regarding the recent disturbances in Makran, for the information of the Government of India. 1-38 pp. “Corrected copy” in manuscript at head of p.1, and some other small notes and underlining. [Imprint: G.C. Press, Simla – No 286 F.D. – 4-6-98 – 95].
e) No. 4126, dated Quetta, the 26th May 1899. From – Colonel Heny Wylie, G.L.I., C.S.I … To – The Sectretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department … refer[s] to your letter No. 1548-E.A., dated the 1st November 1898, conveying the orders of the Governor-General in Council regarding the future of Mekran. 1-39 pp. [Imprint: G.C. Press, Simla. – No. 24F. D. – 6.6.99.-80].
f) No. 1367 of 1900. Dated Camp Quetta, the 17th April 1900. From the Political Agent [S.G.Knox], Kalat, To the Agent to the Governor General in Baluchistan, Quetta … report on my tour in the Jhalawan hills and my visit to Mashkai. 1-34 pp.
g) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]. No. 5926, dated Quetta, the 31st May 1901. From – The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel C.E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. To – H.S. Barnes, Esq., C.S.I., I.C.S., Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department … the report of Captain H.L. Showers, Political Agent, Kalat, on his tour in Mekran, together with a subsequent letter from him to my address. 1-49 pp. “11/ Makran. 50 A / 1901”. [Imprint: G.C. Press, Simla. – No. 364 F. D. – 28 6 1901 - 80].
h) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]. [Major Showers’ report … Part I]. [Confidential]. No. 217 (Confidential), dated Camp Ziarat, the 14th June 1902. From – The Hon’ble Colonel C.E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, To – The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. ..I… forward, herewith, Major Showers’s report … on his recent tour in Makran and Mashkel.1-43 pp. [Imprint: G.I.C.P.O. – No. 123 F.D. – 5-7-1902 – 114 – Exd. B.M.]
i) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]. [Major Showers’ report … Part II]. No. 400-C., dated Camp Ziarat, the 17th June 1902. From – The Hon’ble Colonel C.E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan, To – The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. ..I… submit herewith Major Showers’s report on his operations in Persia, in co-operation with the Governor-General of Kerman for the purpose of obtaining compensation for the losses caused to Kej in the raids committed by Muhammad Umar, Nausherwani, and his Persian confederates. 1-78 pp. [Imprint: G.I.C.P.O. – No. 129 F.D. – 11-7-1902 – 114 – P.K.B.]
j) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]. No. 907-Z., dated Ziarat, the 19th June 1903. From – The Hon’ble Colonel C.E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, To – L.W . Dane, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department. … [re. the desirability (or not) of appointing a Native Assistant for the Jhallawan country] ....I have now the honour to submit Major Showers’s report on his late tour. 1-68 pp. [Imprint: G.C. Press, Simla. – No. 773 F.D. – 31-7-03. – 62. – E. A.deS.]
k) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]. No. 2655, dated Quetta. The 6th May 1904. From – The Hon’ble Colonel C.E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, To – The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. .... I have now the honour to forward … Major Showers’s report … on his recent tour in Makran between October 1903 and January 1904 1-20 pp. At head: “P.[olitical] A.[gent] Kalat / 7.6.04” and in a different hand “11/6/0[4]” [Imprint: Foreign Office Press – No. 297 – 27-5-04. – 59]. Provenance: Herbert Lionel Showers (1862-1916), political agent, Kalat (see note in item k, with signature at head “P. A. Kalat / 7.6.04”) (Inventory #: 259905)
Comprising:
a) No. 371. From Lieutenant E. Le Mesurier, Officiating Political Agent in Kalat, To Major-General Sir James Browne … Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. 15th May 1896 … report on the recent tour made by His Highness the Khan of Kalat in the Mekran [sic.] country. 1-41 pp.
b) No. 280. From Lieutenant E. Le Mesurier, Officiating Political Agent in Kalat, To Major-General Sir James Browne … Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. Dated Camp Mustung, the 24th April 1896… report on the recent tour of His Highness the Khan of Kalat through Kech-Mekran, and the arrangements made by His Highness for the future administration of the country. 1-25 pp. “Vara 2.” in manuscript at head of p.1.
c) No. 93. Dated Camp Quetta, the 15th May 1897. From Lieut. R.A.E. Benn, Military Adviser and Assistant, His Highness the Khan of Kalat, To the Political Agent, Kalat … report in connection with the relief of the detachments of the Kalat State troops which was carried out by me … during my recent visit to Mekran. 1-25 pp.
d) Baluchistan. D. No. 308. No. 3389, dated Quetta, the 17th May 1898. From- Colonel Henry Wylie, C.S.I, Officiating Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, To-The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla … the following report, with its enclosures, regarding the recent disturbances in Makran, for the information of the Government of India. 1-38 pp. “Corrected copy” in manuscript at head of p.1, and some other small notes and underlining. [Imprint: G.C. Press, Simla – No 286 F.D. – 4-6-98 – 95].
e) No. 4126, dated Quetta, the 26th May 1899. From – Colonel Heny Wylie, G.L.I., C.S.I … To – The Sectretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department … refer[s] to your letter No. 1548-E.A., dated the 1st November 1898, conveying the orders of the Governor-General in Council regarding the future of Mekran. 1-39 pp. [Imprint: G.C. Press, Simla. – No. 24F. D. – 6.6.99.-80].
f) No. 1367 of 1900. Dated Camp Quetta, the 17th April 1900. From the Political Agent [S.G.Knox], Kalat, To the Agent to the Governor General in Baluchistan, Quetta … report on my tour in the Jhalawan hills and my visit to Mashkai. 1-34 pp.
g) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]. No. 5926, dated Quetta, the 31st May 1901. From – The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel C.E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan. To – H.S. Barnes, Esq., C.S.I., I.C.S., Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department … the report of Captain H.L. Showers, Political Agent, Kalat, on his tour in Mekran, together with a subsequent letter from him to my address. 1-49 pp. “11/ Makran. 50 A / 1901”. [Imprint: G.C. Press, Simla. – No. 364 F. D. – 28 6 1901 - 80].
h) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]. [Major Showers’ report … Part I]. [Confidential]. No. 217 (Confidential), dated Camp Ziarat, the 14th June 1902. From – The Hon’ble Colonel C.E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, To – The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. ..I… forward, herewith, Major Showers’s report … on his recent tour in Makran and Mashkel.1-43 pp. [Imprint: G.I.C.P.O. – No. 123 F.D. – 5-7-1902 – 114 – Exd. B.M.]
i) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]. [Major Showers’ report … Part II]. No. 400-C., dated Camp Ziarat, the 17th June 1902. From – The Hon’ble Colonel C.E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan, To – The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. ..I… submit herewith Major Showers’s report on his operations in Persia, in co-operation with the Governor-General of Kerman for the purpose of obtaining compensation for the losses caused to Kej in the raids committed by Muhammad Umar, Nausherwani, and his Persian confederates. 1-78 pp. [Imprint: G.I.C.P.O. – No. 129 F.D. – 11-7-1902 – 114 – P.K.B.]
j) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]. No. 907-Z., dated Ziarat, the 19th June 1903. From – The Hon’ble Colonel C.E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, To – L.W . Dane, Esq., Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department. … [re. the desirability (or not) of appointing a Native Assistant for the Jhallawan country] ....I have now the honour to submit Major Showers’s report on his late tour. 1-68 pp. [Imprint: G.C. Press, Simla. – No. 773 F.D. – 31-7-03. – 62. – E. A.deS.]
k) [Showers, Col. Herbert Lionel]. No. 2655, dated Quetta. The 6th May 1904. From – The Hon’ble Colonel C.E. Yate, C.S.I., C.M.G., Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, To – The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. .... I have now the honour to forward … Major Showers’s report … on his recent tour in Makran between October 1903 and January 1904 1-20 pp. At head: “P.[olitical] A.[gent] Kalat / 7.6.04” and in a different hand “11/6/0[4]” [Imprint: Foreign Office Press – No. 297 – 27-5-04. – 59]. Provenance: Herbert Lionel Showers (1862-1916), political agent, Kalat (see note in item k, with signature at head “P. A. Kalat / 7.6.04”) (Inventory #: 259905)
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