"مجموعة من المعاهدات والالتزامات والسندات المتعلقة بالهند والدول المجاورة" [‎١‎٩‎٥] (٥٧٨/٢١٢)

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PERSIA — Telegraphs — NOS. XXXIII—1901 AND XXXIV—1905. 195
line between Tehran and Kashan, and the expenses of procuring, transporting
and putting up this wire will he borne by the Persian Government in the manner
provided by Articles II and IV of this Convention.
Article XI.
The following articles of the Telegraph Convention of 1872 shall apply to this
line, viz., Articles 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17.
Article XII.
This Convention shall remain in force until the 1st January 1925 or for such
longer period as the debt due by Persia for the construction of the line remains
unpaid, and at such date it may, if necessary, be renewed or revised but it shall
be competent for the British Government at any time before the expiry of this
Convention, on giving six months’ notice to hand over the line in its existing conai-
tion to the Persian Government and to withdraw its officers and employes from
the country, ceasing from that date to have any further connection with thio
Persian telegraph. But in this case the Persian Government shall be free from
any further payment on account of the construction of the line.
The ratifications of the present Convention shall be exchanged at Tehran within
five months or sooner, if practicable.
Done at Tajrisch in quadruplicate this sixteenth day of the month of August in the
year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.
Arthur H. Hardinge.
Nasrullah.
No. XXXIV.
Agreement respecting construction of Telegraph line from Henjam to Bunder
Abbas,- —1905.
His Excellency the Mushir-ed-Dowleh, Minister for Foreign Affairs of His
Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia, and Sir Arthur Hardinge, K.C.B., His
Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran
representing the Indo-European Telegraph Department of the Government of
India, on the other part duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments,
have concluded the following Agreement:
1 The Persian Government having resolved to construct a line of telegraph
to connect the Indo-European Telegraph station at Henjam with Bunder Abbas
across Kishm, and His Majesty’s Government having authorised the Indo-European
Telegraph Department to provide the engineers and materials necessary for the