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File 1912/897 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [‎163r] (330/456)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1914-1919. 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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CONVENTION.
7
9. Lorsque le soldo annuel des do- 9. When the annual balance of the
comptes des frais de transit entre deux Transit Accounts between two Adminis-
Administrations ne depasse pas 1,000 trations does not exceed 1,000 francs, the
francs, 1’Administration debitrice est debtor Administration is relieved of all
exoneree de tout payement de ce chef. payment under this heading.
ARTICLE 5.
Taxes et conditions generales applicables
aux envois.
1. Les taxes pour le transport des
envois postaux dans toute I’etendue de
1’Onion, y compris leur remise au domicile
des destinataires dans les pays de rUnion
oil le service de distribution est ou sera
organise, sont fixees comme suit:
1° pour les lettres, ii 25 centimes en
cas d’affranchissement, et au
double dans le cas contraire, par
chaque lettre ne depassant pas le
poids de 20 grammes, et ii 15 cen
times en cas d’affranchissement,
et au double dans le cas contraire,
par chaque poids de 20 grammes
ou fraction de 20 grammes au-
dessus du premier poids de 20
grammes ;
2° pour les cartes postales, en cas
d’affranchissement, a 10 centimes
pour la carte simple ou pour
chacune des deux parties de la
carte avec reponse payee, et au
double dans le cas contraire ;
3° pour les imprimes de toute nature,
les papiers d’affaires et les echan-
tillons de marchandises, a 5 cen
times par chaque objet ou paquet
portant une adresse particuliere
et par chaque poids de 50 gram
mes ou fraction de 50 grammes,
pourvu que cet objet ou paquet
ne contienne aucune lettre ou note
manuscrite ayant le caractere de
correspondance actuelle et per-
sonnelle, et soit conditionne de
maniere ii pouvoir etre facilement
verifie.
La taxe des papiers d’affaires ne pent
etre inferieure a 25 centimes par envoi, et
la taxe des echantillons ne pent etre
inferieure ii 10 centimes par envoi.
2. II pent etre pergu, en sus des taxes
fixees par le paragraphe precedent :
1° pour tout envoi soumis aux frais de
transit maritime prevus au § 3,
2°, c, de Tart. 4 et dans toutes les
relations auxquelles ces frais de
transit sont applicables, une sur-
taxe uniforme qui ne peut pas
depasser 25 centimes par port
simple pour les lettres, 5 centimes
ARTICLE 5.
Rates of Postage and General Conditions,
1. The rates of postage for the con
veyance of postal articles throughout the
entire extent of the Union, including their
delivery at the residence of the addressees
in the countries of the Union where a
delivery is or shall be organised, are
fixed as follows :
1° For letters, 25 centimes in case of
prepayment, and double that
amount in the contrary case, for
each letter not exceeding 20
grammes in weight, and 15 cen
times in case of prepayment, and
double that amount in the con
trary case, for every weight of
20 grammes or fraction of 20
grammes above the initial weight
of 20 grammes ;
2° For post cards, in case of prepay
ment, 10 centimes for single cards
or for each of the two halves of
reply post cards, and double that
amount in the contrary case ;
3° For printed papers of every kind,
commercial papers, and samples of
merchandise, 5 centimes for each
article or packet bearing a par
ticular address and for every
weight of 50 grammes or fraction
of 50 grammes, provided that such
article or packet does not contain
any letter or manuscript note
having the character of actual
and personal correspondence, and
that it be made up in such a
manner as to admit of its being
easily examined.
The charge on commercial papers
cannot be less than 25 centimes per
packet, and the charge on samples cannot
be less than 10 centimes per packet.
2. In addition to the rates fixed by the
preceding paragraph there may be
levied :
1° For every article subject to the sea
transit charges prescribed in para
graph 3, 2°, c, of Article 4, and in all
the relations to which these transit
rates are applicable, a uniform
surtax which may not exceed 25
centimes per single rate for letters,
5 centimes per post card, and 5

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The volume comprises copies of printed correspondence, handwritten correspondence, notes and other papers. This relates to the operation of British Indian post offices in Persia, and in particular in the region known as Arabistan [Ahvāz] by British officials. The file is a direct chronological continuation of File 1912/897 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf. British post offices [also 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. ]’ (IOR/L/PS/10/242). Principal correspondents in the volume include: HM Minister in Tehran (Sir Charles Murray Marling); 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 (John Evelyn Shuckburgh; Arthur Hirtzel); the Deputy Chief Political Officer at Basra (Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson); the Chief Political Officer at Basra (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); and the Officiating 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. (Major Stuart George Knox).

Subjects covered in the volume include:

  • a printed copy of the Convention of Rome (dated 26 May 1906), created by the Universal Postal Union, incorporating detailed regulations for its execution, in French and English, printed in 1907 by HM Stationery Office (ff 160-224);
  • office notes relating to protests from the Persian Government at the opening of Government of India post offices at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Charbar [Chābahār], and the anticipated post office at Ahwaz [Ahvāz] (ff 153-159);
  • a copy of a letter from Knox to Sir Walter Beaupré Townley, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at the Court of Persia, dated 21 June 1914, countering complaints made by the Persian Government about British Indian postal service activities in southern Persia, by pointing out the perceived inadequacies in the Persian postal system (ff 130-133);
  • complaints made by HM Consul at Kerman (Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer), of deficiencies in the existing Persian postal service at Kerman. The Consul emphasises insecurities and delays on routes to Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Tehran, the inefficiency of staff, and the importance of the service to Kerman’s European community (ff 135-136, ff 77-78);
  • a memorandum written by Wilson to Cox, dated 21 July 1917, giving a detailed account of the prevailing political situation (including Anglo-Persian relations) in Northern Arabistan (ff 41-44);
  • the proposal, put forward by Cox in 1916, to open a British Indian post office at the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s (APOC) concession at Maidan-i-Naphtum [Meydān-e Naftūn]. It provokes much discussion between British officials in the Gulf, Government of India officials, and officials from the 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 the Foreign Office, chiefly relating to the likely response of the Persian authorities to such a move, and whether the move could be justified. A useful précis of the differing opinions of officials involved in making the decision can be found at ff 14-18.

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 (222 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 foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 226; 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. Pagination: an original printed pagination sequence is present between ff 160-224.

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