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File 897/1912 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [‎149v] (303/684)

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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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qualite sont conformes aux indications
de I’adresse.
5. Le payement de Findemnite joar
FOffice expediteur doit avoir lieu le plus
tot possible et, au plus tard, dans le delai
de six mois a partir du jour de la recla
mation. Ce delai est porte a neuf mois
dans les relations avec les pays d’outre-
mer.
L’Office expediteur a la faculte de
differer exceptionnellement le reglement
de I’indemnite au dela du delai precite
lorsque, a son expiration, il n’est pas
encore fixe sur le sort de I’objet recherche
ou lorsque la question de savoir si la perte
de Tenvoi est due a un cas de force
majeure n’est pas encore tranchee.
Toutefois, 1’Office d’origine est au-
torise a desinteresser 1’expediteur pour le
compte de F Office intermediaire ou des-
tinataire qui, regulierement saisi, a laisse
s’ecouler six mois (neuf mois dans les
relations avec les pays d’outre-mer) sans
donner de solution a Faffaire.
L’Office responsable ou pour le compte
duquel le payement est effectue en con-
formite de Falinea precedent est tenu de
rembourser a F Office expediteur le mon-
tant de Findemnite et, le cas echeant,
des interets dans le delai de trois mois
apres avis du payement. Ce rembourse-
ment s’effectue sans frais pour FOffice
crediteur, soit au moyen d’un mandat de
poste ou d’une traite, soit en especes ayant
cours dans le pays crediteur. Passe le
delai de trois mois, la somme due a
F Office expediteur est productive d’inter ets
a raison de 7 % Fan, a dater du jour de
Fexpiration dudit delai.
Dans le cas ou un Office dont la
responsabilite est dument etablie, a tout
d’abord decline le payement de Findem
nite, il doit, en outre, prendre a sa charge
tous les frais accessoires resultant du
retard non justifie apporte au payement.
6. Il est entendu que la reclamation
n’est admise que dans le delai d’un an,
a compter du jour qui suit le depot a la
poste de Fenvoi recommande; passe ce
terme, le reclamant n’a droit a aucune
indemnite.
7. Si la perte a eu lieu en cours de
transport sans qu’il soit possible d’etablir
sur le territoire ou dans le service de quel
pays le fait s’est accompli, les Adminis
trations en cause supportent le dommage
par parts egales.
8. Les Administrations cessent d’etre
responsables des envois recommandes dont
les ayants droit ont donne regu et pris
correspond to those indicated in the
address.
5. The payment of the indemnity by
the despatching Office must take place
as soon as possible, and at the latest cv
within six months of the date of the
application. This period is extended to
nine months in relations with over-sea
countries.
The despatching Office may excep
tionally postpone settlement of the in
demnity beyond the period mentioned
when, on its expiry, it has not been
definitely informed as to the disposal of
the article enquired for, or when the
question whether the loss of the article
is due to a cause beyond control is not
vet decided.
%/
The Office of origin is, however,
authorised to settle with the sender on
account of the Office, whether inter
mediate or of destination, which, duly
informed of the application, has let six
months (nine months in relations with
over-sea countries) pass without settling
the matter.
The Office responsible or on whose
account the payment is made in accord
ance with the preceding paragraph is
bound to repay to the despatching Office
the amount of the indemnity and, if
occasion arise, interest, within a period
of three months after notice of payment.
This repayment is made free of cost to
the creditor Office, by means of either
a money order or a draft, or in coin current
in the creditor country. After the period
of three months, the sum due to the
despatching Office bears interest, at the
rate of 7 per cent, per annum, dating
from, the day of expiry of the said
period.
In case an Office of which the responsi
bility is duly proved has at first declined
to pay the indemnity, it must, in addi
tion, bear all the necessary charges
resulting from the unwarranted delay in
payment.
6. It is understood that the applica
tion for an indemnity is only entertained
if made within a year, counting from the
day following the posting of the registered
article; after this term the applicant has
no right to any indemnity.
7. If the loss has occurred in course
of conveyance without its being possible
to ascertain on the territory or in the
service of what country the loss took
place, the Administrations concerned bear
the loss in equal shares.
8. Administrations cease to be respon
sible for registered articles for which the
owners have given a receipt and accepted

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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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