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File 1912/897 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf. British post offices [also in Turkish Arabia]’ [‎194r] (392/462)

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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No. 92, dated Bushire, the 12th (received 22nd) January 1913.
From—L ieutenant-Colonkl Sir P. Z. Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., 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. ,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
With reference to the correspondence ending with my letter No. 2593 dated
October 13th, I have the honour to forward, for the information of the Govern
ment of India, copies of further correspon
dence which has since passed with reference
to Belgian activities in Southern Persia in
Postal matters.
His Majesty's Minister, to Foreign Office, des
patch No. 218, dated ?ist October 1912.
His Majesty’s Minister, to Foreign Office, tele
gram No. 596, dated 17th November 1912.
Foreign Office, to His Majesty's Minister, tele
gram No. 679, dated 18th November 1912.
2. His Majesty’s Minister’s telegram No. 596, dated November 17th, fully
justifies the views and apprehensions expressed by me in previous correspondence
on this subject and tends to give point to my suggestions that the activities of
Belgian administrators in the service of the Persian Government unless they are
closely watched, are likely to operate to the prejudice of British interests.
As regards the subject under reference it bas always been recognized that
the Indian Post Offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. are both commercially and politically
amongst the most important of our assets and in this connection I would invite
Government of India, to His Majesty’s Minister, reference to the marginally cited letter of
No. 3S6.-E.A.. dated ,9th September 1905. the Government of India and connected
correspondence.
3. With reference to my allusions thereto in my telegram of 13th October
Telegram No.240-1138, dated 13th October, copy His Majesty s Minister, I may mention
forwarded to Government of India with Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. that the intention to insinuate a Persian
^ letter No. 2^93 of October 13th. Post Office into the Anglo-Persian Oil
Company’s concession at Abadan has materialised (without any reference to His
Majesty’s Consul or the Oil Company) but as the matter is still the subject of
local correspondence, and a reference to higher authority may prove superfluous,
I merely mention the matter incidenlfl^jy.
1 am sending a copy of this letter to His Majesty’s Minister.
No. 218.
Sir,
Tehran.
October 2 ist t igi 2 .
In his despatch No. 223 of December 1904, His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires
had the honour to lay before His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs a difficulty which had arisen between the Persian Department of
Customs and Posts and the British Post Office at Bushire.
Relations between the two parties would seem to have been harmonious since
that date and His Majesty’s Consul General appears to attribute this fortunate
state of affairs to the fact that the present Director of Posts at Bushire, a
Persian, who has held the position for many years, is conciliatory and satisfac
tory. Sir Percy Cox considers that this official is able to do all that is needed
in co-operation with the Customs Administration and the British Post office.
It has however recently come to my notice that the Persian Minister of
Posts intends to appoint one of two recently engaged Belgian postal officials as
Director of Posts for the Bushire district. After making enquiries of the
Treasurer-General who confirms this information and states that the extent of
the district has not yet been clearly defined, I requested His Majesty’s Consul-
General at Bushire to let me know whether he saw any objection to the arrange
ment.
Sir Percy Cox has favoured me with his views in a telegram of which I have
the honour to enclose a paraphrase,
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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:

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.

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1 volume (227 folios)
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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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