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File 1912/897 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [‎184v] (373/456)

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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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50
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION.
(h) de porter on de corriger a la
plume ou par un procede meca-
nique les cliiffres sur les listes de
prix courants, les offres d’annonce,
les cotes de bourse, les circulaires
de commerce et les prospectus, de
meme que le nom du voyageur, la
date et le nom de la localite par
laquelle il compte passer, sur les
avis de passage ;
(i) d’indiquer a la main, sur les avis
concernant les departs et les
arrivees de navires, la date de ces
departs et de ces arrivees, ainsi
que les noms des navires ;
(j) d’indiquer a la main, sur les avis
concernant les expeditions de mar-
chandises, la date de ces expedi
tions ;
(k) d’indiquer sur les cartes d’invi-
tation et de convocation le nom de
1’invite, la date, le but et le lieu
de la reunion;
(l) d’ajouter une dedicace sur les
livres, papiers de musique, jour-
naux, photographies et gravures,
ainsi que d’y joindre la facture se
rapportant a 1’objet lui-meme ;
(m) dans les bulletins de commande
ou de souscription relatifs a des
ouvrages de librairie, livres, jour-
naux, gravures, morceaux de
musique, d’indiquer a la main
les ouvrages demandes ou offerts,
et de biffer ou de souligner tout
ou partie des communications im-
primees ;
(w) de peindre les images de mode,
les cartes geographiques, etc.;
(o) d’ajouter a la main ou par un
procede mecanique aux passages
decoupes des journaux et publica
tions period iques le titre, la date,
le numero et 1’adresse de la publi
cation dont 1’article est extrait.
4. Les imprimes doivent etre, soit
places sous bande, sur rouleau, entre des
cartons, dans un etui ouvert des deux
cotes ou aux deux extremites, ou dans une
enveloppe non fermee, soit simplement
plies de maniere a ne pas dissimuler la
nature de 1’envoi, soit enfin entoures d’une
ficelle facile a denouer.
5. Les cartes-adresse et tons imprimes
presentant la forme et la consistance d’une
carte non pliee pen vent etre expedies sans
bande, enveloppe, lien ou pli.
G. Les cartes portant le titre “ Carte
postale” ou 1’equivalent de ce titre dans
une langue quelconque, sont admises au
tarif des imprimes, pourvu qu’elles re-
pondent aux conditions generales stipulees
d^ns le present article pour ce genre
(h) to insert or correct in manuscript
or by a mechanical process figures
in prices current, tenders for ad
vertisements, stock and share lists,
trade circulars and prospectuses,
as well as the traveller’s name and
the date and place of his intended s
visit, in travellers’ announce
ments ;
(?) to indicate in manuscript, in
advices of the departures and
arrivals of ships, the dates of
those departures and arrivals, as
well as the names of the ships ;
(j) to indicate in manuscript in
advices of the despatch of goods,
the date of those despatches ;
(k) to indicate in cards of invitation
and notices of meetings the name
of the person invited, the date,
the object, and the place of the
gathering ;
(Z) to add a dedication on books,
sheets of music, newspapers,
photographs, and engravings, as
well as to enclose the relative
invoice ;
(m) in forms of order or subscription
for library works, books, news
papers, engravings, pieces of
music, to indicate in manuscript
the works required or offered, and
to erase or underline the whole or
part of the printed communica
tions ;
(n) to paint fashion plates, maps,
&c. ;
(o) to add, in manuscript or by a
mechanical process, to cuttings
from newspapers and periodical
publications the title, date, number,
and address of the publication
from which the article is extracted.
4. Printed papers must be either placed
in wrappers, upon rollers, between boards,
in cases open at both sides or at both ends,
or in unclosed envelopes, or be simply
folded in such a manner as not to conceal
the nature of the packet, or, lastly, tied
with a string easy to unfasten.
5. Address cards and all printed matter
of the form and substance of an unfolded
card may be forwarded without wrapper,
envelope, fastening or fold.
6. Cards bearing the inscription “ Post
Card ” or the equivalent of this inscription
in any language are allowed to pass at the
rate for printed matter, provided that they
conform to the general conditions pre
scribed in the present article for this

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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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