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File 897/1912 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [149r] (302/684)
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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5. La carte d’identite est valable
pendant deux ans a partir du jour de
son emission. Si, pendant le delai de
validite de la carte, la physionomie du
titulaire s’est modifiee a tel point qu’elle
C ne concorde plus avec la photographic
ou le signalement, la carte doit etre
renouvelee, meme avant 1’expiration de
ce delai.
Article 10.
Responsibilite en matiere d? envois recom-
mandcs.
1. En cas de perte d’un envoi recom-
mande et sauf le cas de force majeure,
Texpediteur a droit a une indemnite de
50 francs.
Toutefois, les Administrations sont
degagees de toute responsabilite pour la
perte d’envois recommandes dont le con-
tenu tombe sous le coup des interdictions
prevues a Farticle 18, § 2, de la presente
Convention.
2. Les pays disposes a se charger des
risques pouvant deriver du cas de force
majeure sont autorises a percevoir de ce
chef sur Fexpediteur une surtaxe de 50
centimes au maximum pour chaque envoi
recommande.
3. L’obligation de payer Findemnite
incombe a FAdministration dont releve le
bureau expediteur. Est reserve a cette
Administration le recours contre F Admin
istration responsable, c’est-a-dire contre
FAdministration sur le territoire ou dans
le service de laquelle la perte a eu lieu.
En cas de perte, dans des circon-
stances de force majeure, sur le territoire
ou dans le service d’un pays se chargeant
des risques mentionnes au paragraphe
precedent, d’un objet recommande prove-
nant d’un autre pays, le pays ou la perte
a eu lieu en est responsable devant
F Office expediteur, si ce dernier se charge,
de son cote, des risques en cas de force
majeure a Fegard de ses expediteurs.
4. Jusqu’a preuve du contraire, la
responsabilite incombe a FAdministration
qui, ayant retju Fobjet sans faire d’obser-
vation, et etant mise en possession de
tons les moyens reglementaires d’inves
tigation, ne pent etablir ni la delivrance
au destinataire, ni, s’il y a lieu, la
transmission reguliere a, FAdministration
suivante. Pour les envois adresses poste
restante, ou conserves en instance a la
disposition des destinataires, la responsa-
biiite cesse par la delivrance a une
personne qui a justifie de son identite
suivant les regies en vigueur dans le pays
de destination, et dont les noms et
5. The identity card is valid for two
years from the date of issue. If, during
the preiod of validity of the card, the
personal appearance of the holder is
modified to such an extent that it no
longer agrees with the photograph or
description, the card must be renewed,
even before the expiry of this period.
Article 10.
Responsibility for registered Articles.
1. In case of the loss of a registered
article, and except in cases beyond control,
the sender is entitled to an indemnity of
50 francs.
Administrations are, however, relieved
from all responsibility for the loss of
registered articles of which the contents
fall within the prohibitions prescribed by
Article 18, § 2, of the present Convention.
2. Countries prepared to undertake
risks arising from causes beyond control
are authorised to collect from the sender,
on this account, a supplementary charge
of 50 centimes at most for each registered
article.
3. The payment of the indemnity
must be undertaken b}^ the Administra
tion to which the despatching office is
subordinate. That Administration can
make a claim on the Administration
responsible, that is to say, against the
Administration on the territory or in the
service of which the loss took place.
In case of the loss,under circumstances
beyond control, on the territory or in the
service of a country undertaking the risks
mentioned in the preceding paragraph, of
a registered article sent from another
country, the country in which the loss
occurred is responsible for it to the
despatching Office, if the latter under
takes risks in cases beyond control in
dealing with its own public.
4. Until the contrary is proved, re
sponsibility rests with the Administration
which, having received the article without
making any observation, and being fur
nished with all the particulars for enquiry
prescribed by the regulations, cannot
establish delivery to the addressee or
regular transfer to the following Adminis
tration, as the case may be. For articles
addressed “ Poste Restante,” or held at
the disposal of the addressees, responsi
bility ceases on delivery to a person who
has proved his identity according to the
rules in force in the country of destina
tion, and whose name and description
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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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- File 897/1912 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’
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- 143r:158v
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