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'Memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf' [63v] (92/126)
The record is made up of 1 file (66 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1908. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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with a staff, which shall not exceed in number
fifty persons, placed under the exclusive orders
of a British station-master, and which, as well
as the apparatus and all the instruments requisite
for working the submarine line, shall be at the
expense of the British Government.
“ IV. The aforesaid British office shall be
located in the same building occupied by the
Ottoman station at the mouth of the Shat-el-
Arab, with a view to facilitate the combined
operations of the common service.
“The apparatus of the Ottoman service and
that of the British service at that joint station
shall be placed in separate compartments, but in
close proximity to each other, and shall not be
connected.
“ The exchange of messages shall take place
immediately on their receipt, the officers handing
them to each other through a window, and the
service of the British and Ottoman offices shall
be permanent. The rent and cost of maintenance
of the mixed telegraphic station shall be shared
in equal proportions by the British and Ottoman
Administrations.
“ V. It is well understood that the active service
of the British office on Ottoman territory shall
be limited to the receipt and delivery by hand
to the Ottoman office of the messages arriving
from India by the submarine cable; to the
transmission of those which are delivered to it
by the Ottoman office; and, lastly, to the
superintendence and maintenance of a safe and
regular submarine communication between the
mouth of the 8hat-el-Arab and India.
“ The Direction-in-Ohief of the mixed station
shall devolve on the Ottoman Administration, but
without the right of interfering in the internal
administration of the British office.”
2. Bushire .—As regards our cable stations in
Persian territory, the leading document is the
Agreement made with the Persian Government
in December 1862 for the construction of a line
of telegraph via Khanikin on the Turco-Persian
frontier, through Tehran overland to Bushire, as
an alternative to the line through furkey to Fao,
and thence by cable via Bushire to India. It
was decided at the time not to make formal
application for landing rights on Persian territory
for the cable down the Gulf; but an under
standing was arrived at with the Persian
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The memorandum, printed for the use of the Foreign Office, was compiled on 12 February 1908 and contains information compiled by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. on British political and commercial interests in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including Pearl Fisheries (folios 58v-63); General Trade Statistics and German Competition (folios 64-66); Lighthouses (folios 66v-67v) and British Cables (folios 67v-71).
The memorandum contains five maps:
- 'Sketch to illustrate positions of Flagstaffs at Elphinstone Inlet and Sheep Island (Musandim Peninsula)' (f 26);
- 'Sketch of Approaches to Kuweit Harbour and Shatt Al Arab' (f 47);
- 'Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabian Coast' (f 75);
- 'Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabian Coast' (f 82);
- 'Persia and Afghanistan' (f 83).
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 18, and terminates at f 83, since it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in the bottom right-hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled. Pagination: This section of the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B166
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- 'Memorandum respecting British interests in the Persian Gulf'
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- 18r:80v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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