File 1912/897 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf. British post offices [also in Turkish Arabia]’ [215r] (434/462)
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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897
1312
No. 14i01—33, dated Calcutta, the 14th February 1912 (Confidential).
From—A. H. Ley, Esq., Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the
Department of Commerce and Industry,
To—The Director-General of the Post Otfice of India.
With reference to your letter No. 19 (Confidential), dated the 30th
January 1912, regarding a proposal made to the Postmaster-General, Bombay,
by the Director-General of Posts, Persia, for the despatch of closed mails from
the Persian Post Office at Bushire to the Turkish Post Offices at Basrah and
Baghdad, I am directed to say that the Postmaster-General, Bombay, may be
instructed to answer the Director-General of Posts, Persia, in terms similar to
the reply to be sent to the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, Turkey,
regarding his proposal to abolish the British Indian Post Office at Baghdad.
No. 1402—33.
A copy of the correspondence is forwarded to the Foreign Department.
No. 19, dated Calcutta, the 30th January 1912 (Confidential).
From—The Hon'ble Sir Charles Stewart-Wilson, K.C.I.E., Director-General of
the Post Office of India,
ip 0 Tim Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Commerce and
Industry.
Beferring to Mr. Ley’s letter No. 748—129, dated the 22nd January 1911,
I have the honour to submit, for the information of Government, a copy of the
correspondence cited at foot regarding a proposal made to the Postmaster-
General, Bombay, by the Persian Postal Administration for the despatch of
closed mails from the Persian Post Office at Bushire to the Turkish Post Offices
at Basrah and Baghdad.
2. This proposal is the one alluded to in Mr. Bill’s letter No. 3082, dated
the 3rd December 1911, to the Foreign Department, which forms an enclosure
to Mr. Ley’s letter under reply, and it is presumed that the Postmaster-General,
Bombay, may be instructed to answer the Director-General of Posts, Persia, in
terms similar to the reply to be given to the Director-General of Posts and
Telegraphs, Turkey.
Documents accompanying—
(1) Copv of endorsement No. 55101, dated the 10th November 1911,
from the Postmaster-General, Bombay.
(2) Copy of endorsement No. 55101, dated the 20th November 1911,
from the Postmaster-General, Bombay.
(3) Copy of letter No. 55101, dated the 28th November 1911, from the
Postmaster-General, Bombay, with copy of telegram No. nil t
dated 24th November 1911, from 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.
, Bushire,
to the Postmaster-General, Bombay.
Telegram, No. C.T.—197 (Confidential).
From—The Postmaster-General, Bombay, Poona,
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.
, Bushire.
Following telegram received from Post, Bushire :— Begins. 100. Please
wire if closed mail bags from Persian Post for British Post Offices, Basrah and
Baghdad, be accepted. Ends. Following reply sent '.—Begins. Your telegram
100 of 7th. If any reference on the subject received from Persian Post Office,
send copy at once. Meanwhile, if any closed mails for Indian Post Offices at
Basrah and Baghdad received from Persian Post Office, Bushire, take Political
Resident’s orders regarding their disposal. Ends. Kindly inform if any ob
jection on political grounds to introduction of the new despatches from Persian
Post Office.
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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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- File 1912/897 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf. British post offices [also in Turkish Arabia]’
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- 215r:215v, 211r:212v, 206r:209v, 128r:129v
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- Government of Persia
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