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File 897/1912 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [148v] (301/684)
The record is made up of 1 volume (336 folios). It was created in 1920-1922. 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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demnite eventuelle pour les envois greves
de remboursement livres au destinataire
sans encaissement du montant indique
on contre encaissement d’une somme
inferieure, ainsi que pour les envois dont
le montant a ete encaissefrauduleusement,
doit etre payee par FOffice d’origine a
Fayant droit dans le meme delai. Le
payement se fait egalement pour le
compte de F Office destinataire, si la
responsabilite incombe a cet Office en
vertu des dispositions du § 5 precedent.
II en est de meme, si FOffice destinataire
regulierement saisi a laisse s’ecouler six
mois sans donner de solution a Faffaire.
Ce delai est porte a neuf mois dans les
relations avec les pays d’outre-mer. Les
delais comprennent le temps necessaire
pour Fexpedition de la demande a FOffice
destinataire et son renvoi a FOffice
d’origine.
Toutefois, FOffice d’origine peut
differer exceptionnellement le dedom-
magement de Fexpediteur au dela du
delai precite, lorsque, a Fexpiration de ce
delai, il n’est pas encore fixe sur le sort
de Fenvoi greve de remboursement ou
sur les responsabilites encourues.
L’Office destinataire est tenu de resti-
tuer a FOffice expediteur les sommes
avancees dans les conditions prevues au
§ 5 precedent.
tion. Any compensation for articles
marked with trade charges delivered to
the addressee without collection of the
amount indicated or against collection of a
smaller amount, as well as for articles
of which the amount has been collecfed
fraudulently, must be paid by the Office
of origin to the proper person within the
same period. The payment is also made
on account of the Office of destination,
if the responsibility rests with that Office
by virtue of the provisions of § 5 above.
The same rules apply if the Office of
destination, duly informed of the applica
tion, has let six months pass without
settling the matter. This period is ex
tended to nine months in relations with
over-sea countries. The periods include
the time necessary for the despatch of
the request to the Office of destination
and its return to the Office of origin.
The Office of origin may, however,
postpone exceptionally the compensation
of the sender beyond the period before
mentioned, when, at the expiration of
this period, it has not been definitely
informed as to the disposal of the article
with trade charge, or as to the responsi
bility incurred.
The Office of destination is bound
to repay to the Office of despatch the
sums advanced under the conditions
prescribed in § 5 above.
Article 9.
Cartes d’identite.
1. Chaque Administration peut de
liverer, aux personnes qui en font la
demande, des cartes d’identite destinees
a servir de pieces justificatives pour
toutes les transactions effectuees par les
bureaux de poste. Ces cartes sont
valables dans tous les pays de FUnion
sauf dans ceux qui notifieraient leur
non-adhesion a ce service.
2. L’Administration qui delivre une
carte d’identite est autorisee a percevoir,
de ce chef, une taxe qui doit etre repre
sentee en timbres-poste sur la carte;
cette taxe ne peut etre superieure a un
franc.
3. Les Administrations sont degagees
de toute responsabilite lorsqu’il est etabli
que la livraison d’un envoi postal ou le
payement d’un mandat a eu lieu sur la
presentation d’une carte d’identite regu-
liere.
4. Le titulaire d’une carte d’identite
est responsable des consequences que
peut entrainer la perte, la soustraction
ou Femploi frauduleux de la carte.
Article 9.
Identity Cards.
1. Each Administration may issue, to
persons who apply for them, identity
cards intended to serve as proofs of
identity for all kinds of post office
business. These cards are valid in all
the countries of the Union except those
which may notify that they do not adhere
to this service.
2. The Administration which issues
an identity card is authorised to make,
on this account, a charge which must be
be represented by postage stamps on the
card; this charge may not exceed 1 franc.
3. Administrations are relieved from
all responsibility when it is established
that a postal packet was delivered or
a money order was paid on presentation
of a proper identity card.
4. The holder of an identity card is
responsible for the consequences of the
loss, abstraction or fraudulent use of the
card.
About this item
- Content
The volume comprises copies of correspondence, telegrams, handwritten notes and other papers. They relate to negotiations between the British Government, the Government of India, and the Persian Government, over the status of British Indian post offices in south Persia, which took place before, during, and after the Congress of the Universal Postal Union, held in Madrid in November 1920. The volume’s principal correspondents include: the British Ambassador to Madrid (Sir Esme Howard); the Persian Minister to Madrid (Hussein Khan Alai); 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. staff (David Taylor Monteath; Leonard Day Wakely; John Evelyn Shuckburgh); Foreign Office officials (including Lancelot Oliphant); the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs in India (Geoffrey R Clarke); and the British Minister at Tehran (Herman Cameron Norman; Sir Percy Lyham Loraine).
The correspondence centres on a threat by Persian Government officials to raise an official objection against the continued presence in Persia of British Indian post offices at the Madrid Congress. British Government officials were anxious to avoid such a move, fully appreciating the ‘anomalous’ position of their Persian post offices under the regulations of the Universal Postal Union. The correspondence indicates the Government of India’s amenability to handing over certain postal operations to the Persian authorities (folio 251), and the concerns held by many in the British Government over such a prospect (ff 288-289), not least their doubts over whether the Persian authorities could run an efficient postal service themselves.
The volume includes:
- a commentary of proceedings at the Madrid Congress, including copies of the speeches given by Persian ministers (ff 247-249), description of their reception (f 251), and a printed copy of the Madrid Convention (ff 143-158);
- correspondence relating to the impact of changes in Anglo-Persian relations (after the 1921 coup d’état in Persia) on Persian demands for the abolition of British Indian post offices in Persia (ff 217-218);
- throughout 1921, continued demands from the Persian Government for the transfer of British Indian post offices to Persian control, and in particular those now under (post-war) Mesopotamian administration (Abadan and Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]) and the post office at Ahwaz [Ahvāz];
- from January 1922, debate amongst British officials (Government of India, the Minister in Tehran, Foreign Office, 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. ) and negotiations between British and Persian Government officials over arrangements for the transfer of British Indian postal services in Persia to Persian administration, with a view to the transfer taking place on 1 January 1922. Included is a copy in French of the agreement between British and Persian officials for the proposed transfer, dated 5 January 1922 (ff 54-57), discussion relating to the importance of sustaining a postal service for areas serving the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) oil fields, and reports of the dismissal of the Director of the Persian postal service (Camille Molitor) in March 1922, causing consternation amongst British officials (ff 47-49, ff 84-91);
- British officials’ examination of events at the Washington Conference (1921/1922), which provided an analogous diplomatic situation to their own (negotiations for the withdrawal of United States post offices from China) (ff 81-83);
- the British Government’s assent, in April/May 1922, to the abolition or transfer to the Persian authorities of its post offices in Persia and Arabistan (ff 20-22, ff 66-70).
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (336 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 897 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : British Post Offices) consists of 4 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/242-245. The volumes are divided into 4 parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 340; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 42-62 and ff 217-321; these numbers are written in blue crayon.
Pagination: a original printed pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 143-158.
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- 143r:158v
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