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‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [148] (471/578)
The record is made up of 1 volume (289 folios). It was created in 1933. It was written in English and French. 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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PEiRSIA— Telegraphs —APPENDIX MO. XXXI—186b.
APPENDIX No. XXXI .—[See page 26.]
Concessions granted by the Persian Government to Messrs. Siemens & Co.
of London, —11th January 1868.
Article 1.
The Persian Government concedes to Messrs. Siemens and Halske of Berlin
and St. Petersburg, and to Messrs. Siemens Brothers of London the exclusive right
to construct and manage a telegraphic line between the Kussian Frontier (Joolfa)
and Tehran. This line will be the continuation of a direct line between London
and Joolfa.
Article 2.
The grantees engage to organize the line, so that it shall be ready to be opened
throughout its whole length not later than two years after the receipt of the present
concession. No further delay will be allowed unless the execution of the work be
hindered by circumstances beyond the control of the grantees.
Article 3.
The grantees engage to construct the line solidly, and to maintain it in a good
state of repair during the whole term of the concession. The telegraphic wires
must be made of iron of the best quality, and must have a diameter of at least six
millemetres (very nearly quarter of an inch). The standards are to be of iron.
The grantees are bound to submit the project of the formation of the line from
Joolfa to Tehran for the sanction of the Persian Government. The line will at
first be constructed with two wires, but the grantees have the right, in case of need,
to increase the number. The grantees, moreover, engage to provide their stations
with instruments of the best quality. The method of working management of the
line must be previously communicated to the Persian Government.
Article 4.
The line of the grantees is solely destined for the despatch of Indo-European
telegrams. The Administration of Persian Telegraphs entrusts to the grantees,
to be despatched to their destination, all the telegrams which it receives for India
or Europe. Messages from India or Europe for Persia are to be transmitted by the
grantees to the proper station of the Persian telegraph, to be sent, by its medium
to thosG tor whom they are intended. All direct intercourse with the public for
the receipt or transmission of messages is prohibited to the grantees, unless the
Persian Government authorizes the grantees to transmit inland messages in a
foreign language, in which case they are to charge for such messages at the rate
fixed in the Government tariff.
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The volume is the fifth edition of volume 13 of a collection of historic treaties, engagements and sanads (charters) relating to India and its neighbouring countries, namely Persia and Afghanistan. This volume, originally compiled by Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Under Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, was revised in 1930 and published in 1933 by the Manager of Publications in Delhi, under the authority of the Government of India.
Part 1 of the volume contains treaties and engagements relating to Persia and dating from between 12 April 1763 and 10 May 1929. The treaties refer to: trade agreements; foreign relations; prohibition and suppression of the slave trade; sovereignty and status of Persian regions; frontier negotiations; foreign concessions; telegraph lines. Part 2 of the volume contains treaties and engagements relating to Afghanistan and dating from between 17 June 1809 and 6 May 1930. The treaties relate to: foreign relations; the establishment of boundaries and frontier negotiations; peace treaties; commercial relations; import of arms. A number of appendices follow part 2, which contain the text of treaties relating to both Persia and Afghanistan.
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- 1 volume (289 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged into two parts covering Persia and Afghanistan respectively, as are the appendices at the end of the volume. Each part is divided into a number of chapters, identified by Roman numerals, and arranged chronologically, from the earliest treaties to the most recent. At the beginning of each part is a general introduction to the treaties and engagements that follow.
There is a contents page at the front of the volume (ff 4-8) which lists the geographical regions and treaties. The contents pages refers to the volume’s pagination system. There is a subject index, arranged alphabetically, at the end of the volume (ff 277-87) which also refers to the volume’s pagination system.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 (except for the front cover where the folio number is on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, back, front-i, i-r, i-v, ii-r, ii-v, 1:10, 1:306, 1:230, 1:22, iii-r, iii-v, back-i
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