"مجموعة من المعاهدات والالتزامات والسندات المتعلقة بالهند والدول المجاورة" [‎٢‎٥] (٥٧٨/٤٢)

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PERSIA— Telegraphs. 25
In 1890 Jacques Poliakoff: of St. Petersburg obtained a concession
for a loan bank and “ Mont de Piete Some years later tbe bank,
winch had practically become an agency of the Russian State Bank,
changed its title to “ Banque d’Escompte.” By the Russo-Persian
treaty of 1921 this Bank became the property of the Persian Govern
ment. It has now been replaced by the newly formed National Bank.
A law governing the creation of an Agricultural Bank was passed at the
end of 1930.
In 1895 the French Government obtained a concession granting them
in perpetuity the exclusive right of searching for objects of antiquarian
interest in Persia. This concession has now been annulled by common
consent.
In 1899 a mining concession in the district of Karadagh in the pro
vince of Azerbaijan was granted to Russian capitalists for TO years.
Ihe mines are said to contain coal, copper and lead.
In 1901 Mr. William Knox D’Arcy secured an exclusive concession
for the exploitation of natural gas, petroleum, asphalt and ozokerite
throughout the Persian Empire, with the exception of the five provinces
of Gilan, Mazanderan, Khorasan, Astarabad and Azerbaijan. This con
cession was for 60 years and covered an area of 500,000 square miles.
In 1909 a Company, known as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, was
formed to take over and operate the concession.
Telegraphs.
Persian Gulf Submarine Cable and Khanikin-Bushire Line. In
1861 proposals were made for a Convention between the Indian and
Persian Governments for the construction of a telegraph line from the
Turkish frontier through Persia to Bandar Abbas, to connect with a
line from England to India; but in 1862 the Persian Government
declined the terms offered. The route through Persia was therefore
abandoned, and the Turkish and Indian lines were connected by a sub
marine cable in the Persian Gulf. After the failure of the negotiations
of 1862, the Shah decided on constructing an alternative line at his
own cost from Khanikin through Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz to meet
the other line at Bushire: and for this purpose he concluded an Engage
ment (No. XXVII) in 1863 to place the construction and working of the
line for a time under the superintendence of a British engineer officer;
to purchase the materials from the British Government; and to allow
the British Government the use of the line on payment of specified
charges.
In 1863 a treaty was signed between Turkey and Persia, establishing
a line of telegraph between the two countries with the point of junction
at Khanikin. On account of the uncertainty of the exact frontier line,