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File 1912/897 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [‎192r] (388/456)

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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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DETAILED REGULATIONS.
65
(c) Le destinataire est convoque pour
constater la contravention.
La remise de 1’envoi n’a lieu que
dans le cas oil le destinataire on son
fonde de pouvoirs paye le port du
et consent a faire connaitre le nom
et 1’adresse de I’expediteur, et a
mettre a la disposition de la poste,
apres avoir pris connaissance du
contenu, Lob jet entier s’il est in
separable du corps du debt ou bien
la , parti e de bob jet (enveloppe,
bande, portion de lettre, etc.) qui
contient la suscription et le timbre
signale comme frauduleux.
(d) Le resultat de la convocation est
constate par un proces-verbal con-
forme an modele L annexe an pre
sent Reglement et oil il est fait
mention des incidents survenus tels
que non-comparution, refus de rece-
voir 1’envoi, de 1’ouvrir ou d’en faire
connaitre I’expediteur, etc. Ce docu
ment est signe par 1’agent des postes
et par le destinataire de 1’envoi on
son fonde de pouvoirs ; si ce dernier
refuse de signer, le refus est constate
aux lieu et place de la signature.
Le proces-verbal est transmis, avec
pieces a 1’appui, a 1’Administration des
postes du pays d’origine, qui, a I’aide de
ces documents, fait poursuivre, s’il y a
lieu, la repression de 1’infraction d’apres
sa legislation interieure.
XXXIIL
Statistiques dcs frais de transit.
1. Les statistiques a effectuer en exe
cution des articles 4 et 17 de la Convention
pour le decompte des frais de transit dans
rUnion et en dehors des limites de F Union,
sont etablies une fois tons les six ans
d’apres les dispositions des articles sui-
vants, pendant les vingt-huit premiers
jours du mois de novembre ou de mai
alternativement.
La statistique de novembre 1907
s’appliquera aux annees 1908 a 1913 inclu-
sivement; la‘ statistique de mai 1913
s’appliquera aux annees 1914 a 1919
inclusivement et ainsi de suite.
2. Dans le cas d’accession a FUnion
d’un pays ayant des relations importantes,
les pays de FUnion dont la situation pour-
rait, par suite de cette circonstance, se
trouver modifiee sous le rapport du paye-
ment des frais de transit, out la faculte
de reclamer une statistique speciale se
rapportant exclusivement au pays nou-
vellement entre.
(c) In order to establish the contraven
tion, recourse is had to the addressee.
The delivery of the article takes
place only if the addressee or his
representative pays the charge due
and consents to make known the
name and address of the sender, and
to place at the disposal of the Post
Office, after having taken cognisance
of the contents, the entire article, if
it is inseparable from the offence
itself, or else the part of the article
(envelope, wrapper, portion of letter,
etc.), which contains the address
and the stamp stated to be fraudulent.
(d) The result of the evidence is set
forth in a formal report in conformity
with the pattern L annexed to the
present Regulations, in which report
are recorded the incidents that have
happened, such as failure to appear,
refusal to receive the article or to
open it, or to make known the
sender, etc. This document is signed
by the postal official and by the ad
dressee of the article or his repre
sentative ; if the latter refuses to
sign, the refusal is recorded in place
of the signature.
The formal report is transmitted, with
the relative vouchers, to the Postal
Administration of the country of origin,
which, with the aid of those documents,
takes proceedings, if necessary, to repress
the infringement according to its internal
laws.
XXXIIL
Transit Statistics.
1. The statistics to be taken in execu
tion of Articles 4 and 17 of the Convention
for the settlement of transit charges within
and outside the limits of the Union, are
prepared once in every six years according
to the stipulations of the following articles,
during the first twenty-eight days of the
month of November or of May alternately.
The statistics of November 1907 will
apply to the years 1908 to 1913 inclu
sive ; the statistics of May 1913 will apply
to the years 1914 to 1919 inclusive, and
so on.
2. In the event of the adhesion to the
Union of a country having important
relations, countries of the Union who
might, by reason of that circumstance,
find their position modified as regards the
payment of transit charges, have the right
of demanding special statistics relating
exclusively to the country which has lately
entered.
X 48592.
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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.

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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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