'Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.'
IOR/L/PS/18/C200
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The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in Oct 1920. 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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This file consists of a memorandum concerning the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to telegraph lines in Persia. The memorandum is divided into sections as follows:
- Jask royalty and claims for wilful damage (the claims in question being against the Persian Government);
- Central Persia line;
- Henjam-Bunder Abbas [Henjān-Bandar-e ʻAbbās] line;
- Arabistan [Khūzestān] telegraph lines reconstruction;
- Robat-Seistan [Robāţ-e Meshkī-Sīstān-e Balūchestān] line;
- Kerman-Bunder Abbas line.
Each section provides details of the costs of construction of the line(s) in question, plus the amount payable by the Persian Government. For some of the lines, details of costs incurred by other bodies, such as HM Treasury, the Foreign Office, and 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. , are included.
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- 1 file (6 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 211, and terminates at f 216, as 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/18/C200
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- Oct 1920 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/18/C200
- Title
- 'Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.'
- Pages
- 211r:219v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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