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File 1912/897 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [‎164v] (333/456)

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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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UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION.
les remboursements, pal* le Reglement
prevu a Particle 20 de la presente Conven
tion, n’ont pas ete observees. Tontefois,
remission eventuelle dans la feuille d’avis
de la mention “Remb.” et du montant du
remboursement n’altere pas la responsa-
bilite de FAdministration du pays de
destination pour le non encaissement du
montant.
ARTICLE 8.
Responsabilite en matiere d'envois
recommandes.
1. Eh cas de perte d’un envoi recom-
mande et sauf le cas de force majoure,
Pexpediteur ou, sur sa demande, le
destinataire a droit a une indemnite de
50 francs.
2. Les pays disposes a se charger des
risques pouvant deriver du cas de force
majeure sont autorises a percevoir de ce
chef sur I’expediteur une stirtaxe de
25 centimes au maximum pour chaque
envoi recommande.
3. L’obligation de payer I’indemnite
incombe a TAdministration dont releve le
bureau expediteur. Est reserve a cette
Administration le recours centre PAdmi
nistration responsable, e’est-a-dire contre
PAdministration sur le territoire ou dans
le service de laquelle la perte a eu lieu.
En cas de perte, dans des circonstances
de force majeure, sur le territoire ou dans
le service d’un pays se chargeant des ris-
ques mentionnes au paragraphe precedent,
d’un objet recommande provenant d’un
autre pays, le pays oil la jierte a eu lieu
en est responsable devant POffice expe
diteur, si ce dernier se charge, de son
cote, des risques en cas de force majeure
ii Pegard de ses expediteurs.
4. Jusqu’a preuve du contraire, la res
ponsabilite incombe a PAdministration qui,
ayant reqm Pobjet sans faire d’observation,
ne pent etablir ni la delivrance au desti
nataire, ni, s’il y a lieu, la transmission
reguliere a P Administration suivante.
Pour les envois adresses poste restante, ou
conserves en instance a la disposition des
destiiiataires, la responsabilite cesse par
la delivrance a une personne qui a justifie
de son identite suivant les regies en
vigueur dans le pays de destination, et
dont les noms et qualite sont conformes
aux indications de Padresse.
5. Le payement de Fihdemnite par
FOffice exp^diteur doit avoir lieu le plus
tot possible et, au plus tard, dans le delai
d’un an a partir du jour de la recla
mation. L’Office responsable est tenu de
rembourser sans retard, a POffice expe
diteur, le montant de Piudemnite payee
par celui-ci.
the Detailed Regulations contemplated in
Article 20 of the present Convention have
not been fulfilled. Nevertheless the
omission from the Letter Bill of the entry
“ Remb.” and of the amount of the trade
charge does not affect the responsibility
of the Administration of the Country of
destination for failing to collect the
amount.
ARTICLE 8.
Responsibility for registered Articles.
1. In case of the loss of a registered
article, and except in cases beyond control,
the sender, or at the request of the sender,
the addressee is entitled to an indemnity
of 50 francs.
2. Countries prepared to undertake
risks arising from causes beyond control
are authorised to collect from the sender
on this account a supplementary rate of
not more that 25 centimes for each
registered article.
3. The obligation of paying the in
demnity rests with the Administration to
which the despatching office is subordinate.
To that Administration is reserved a
remedy against the Administration
responsible, that is to say, against the
Administration on the territory or in the
service of which the loss took place.
In case of the loss, under circumstances
beyond control, on the territory or in the
service of a country undertaking the risks
mentioned in the preceding paragraph, of
a registered article sent from another
country, the country where the loss
occurred is responsible for it to the
despatching Office, if the latter undertake
risks in cases beyond control in dealing
with its own public.
4. Until the contrary be proved, the
responsibility rests with the Administration
which, having received the article without
making any observation, cannot establish
the delivery to the addressee or the regular
transfer to the following Administration,
as the case may be. For articles addressed
“ Poste Restante,” or held at the disposi
tion of the addressees, the responsibility
ceases on delivery to a person who has
proved his identity according to the rules
in force in the country of destination, and
whose name and description correspond to
those indicated in the address.
5. The payment of the indemnity by
the despatching Office ought to take place
as soon as possible, and at the latest
within a year of the date of the applica
tion. The responsible Office is bound to
refund to the despatching Office, without
delay, the amount of the indemnity paid
by the latter.

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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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