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File 1912/897 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf. British post offices [also in Turkish Arabia]’ [113v] (231/462)
The record is made up of 1 volume (227 folios). It was created in 1911-1914. 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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fact I eather that it is this uncertainty rather than any lack of confidence in the
prospects of finding oil, that deters the further substantia development of that
industry by its present promoters whilst it is indisputable that progress in tl e
direction of irrigation enterprise likewise waits to a great extent upon the solu-
tion of the same problem.
6. Having regard to the developments outlined above, and in view of the
importance which His Majesty’s Government have already attached to any steps
whereby the status of Ahwaz as one of the Gulf Ports, a ^d a dependency of
Korean Office to Hi, Majesty's Minister, Tehran, Mohammerah, COllld be emphasized the
despatch No. 121, dated 8th August 1904. proposal under reference to estaousn an
Indian Post Office at Ahwaz, as at every other port of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, connected
with Mohammerah by a regular motor launch service, seems to me to be not
merely a timely and reasonable step towards the consolidation of British influence
in the neutral sphere, but an almost essential item in our general plans and 1 have
no hesitation in asking Government, on grounds of political expediency, to con
tribute the very modest sum (£250) estimated to be required.
7 This amount is only one quarter of the subsidy that, from the opening
of the Karun in 1889 or thereabouts, to the end of 1910, has been paid annually
to the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company in respect of the losses
incurred by that Company in running the S.S. “ Malamir on the Karun
venture to think that the present proposal will be of far greater benefit to Hi
Majesty’s Government and the public at large, as the boat or boats which it is
contemplated to put on the river for mail purposes will in addition be able to
carry a few passengers, thus placing Ahwaz in much closer touch with Moham
merah than is now possible, and, incidentally, greatly facilitating the work of the
Indo-European Telegraph Department in maintaining the Mohammerah-Ahwaz
telegraph line, which runs along the bank of the Karun.
The importance of a regular mail service in connection with current railway
projects in Arabistan, if and when they materialise, need no demonstration;
meanwhile it will enormously facilitate the operations of the engineers on the
spot.
8. 1 hope shortly to receive definite confirmation from Mohammerah of the
figure of /2S0 already named, together with precise details as to the nature of
6 the service to be affordfed ; in the mean-
vide alternative estim tes attached. time I trust that the Government of India
will be pleased to accord the above proposals early and favourable consideration.
I am sending a copy of this letter to His Majesty’s Minister.
No. i 62*C., dated the 22nd November 1913.
F rom His Majesty’s Consul for Arabistan, Mohammerah,
To—The
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
I have the honour to inform you that Mr. Walpole has been in correspond
ence with his directors on the subject of the proposed postal service for Ahwaz,
for some time past. He heard from them last week and they appear to consider
that he has been quoting too low a figure for business to be done and that he has
not allowed sufficiently for depreciation.
Mr. Walpole has every hope of their agreeing to the figure he has named in
answer to a further letter which he has written them but he has no expectation of
their accepting any reduction in the subsidy, w T hich indeed is cut down to a very
low margin.
The sum at stake is so small that if the postal authorities cannot meet the
whole of the amount it would seem desirable on political grounds to assist the
subsidy from Political funds.
The directors further point out that with so small a subsidy it would be
impossible to accept any penalty for missing the mail and that further some
arrangement would have to be made for the periods when it would be necessary
to lay up the launch for overhauling.
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The volume comprises copies of printed correspondence, typewritten correspondence, handwritten notes and other papers. These papers relate to the operation of British and Turkish post offices in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. (Iraq), and British and Persian post offices in Persia and the ports and towns of the wider Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); Foreign Office officials (Secretary, Sir Edward Grey; Assistant Under-Secretary, Sir Louis du Pan Mallet); 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. officials (including Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India, Thomas William Holderness).
The volume covers the following subjects:
- communications between British and Turkish Government officials over a Turkish Government proposal to abolish foreign (including British) post offices in Ottoman territory, including: British acceptance of the proposal, with caveats, Turkish demands for the closure of foreign post offices on 1 October 1914 (f 5, f 8), arrangements for the closure of British post offices, including those at Basra and Baghdad, discussion between British Government and Government of India officials over proposed future arrangements for the transmission of mail from between India and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. ;
- British Government correspondence relating to the Turkish Government’s plans to introduce its own mail system between Baghdad/Basra and India;
- the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf’s outline of the history of the British postal system in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and his proposals for improvements, which include the opening of new branches at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], Charbar [Chābahār] and Ahwaz [Ahvāz], a change of hours to the post office at Bushire, and changes to the service at Fao [Al-Fāw]) as a means of countering the Persian Government expansion of postal operations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 187-190, ff 178-179), and the Persian Government’s subsequent protestations at the opening of British post office concessions at Henjam and Charbar;
- attempts by the Persian Government, under the direction of its Belgian Director-General of Post (Camille Molitor), to open post offices within the concessionary areas operated by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) at Abadan, and within Britain’s own post office concession at Henjam.
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 (227 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.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 229; 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.
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