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File 1912/897 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [‎199v] (403/456)

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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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80
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION.
10° la Republique de Saint-Marin et le
bureau italien de Tripoli de Bar
baric, comme relevant de 1’Ad
ministration des postes dTtalie;
11° les bureaux de poste que 1’Admini
stration japonaise a etablis en
Chine;
12° le Grand-Duche de Finlande, comme
faisant partie integrante le FEm
pire de Russie, les bureaux de
poste russes etablis en Chine,
comme relevant de FAdministra-
tion des postes de Russie;
13° Basutoland, comme relevant de
FAdministration des postes de la
colonie du Cap de Bonne-Espe-
rance ;
14° Walfisch-Bay, comme faisant partie
de la colonie du Cap de Bonne-
Esperance ;
15° le bureau de poste norvegien etabli
dans FAdvent Bay, a F Guest du
Spitzberg, comme relevant de
FAdministration des postes de
Norvege.
2. Dans Fintervalle qui s’ecoule entre
les reunions, les Administrations des pays
de F Union qui ouvrent dans des pays
Strangers a FUnion des bureaux de poste
qui doivent etre consideres comme appar-
tenant a FUnion, en font communication
aux Administrations de tous les autres
pays de FUnion, par Fintermediaire du
Bureau international.
XLV.
Propositions faites dans Vintervalle des
reunions.
1. Dans Fintervalle qui s’6coule entre
les reunions, toute Administration des
postes d’un pays de FUnion a le droit
d’adresser aux autres Administrations par-
ticipantes, par Fintermediaire du Bureau
international, des propositions concernant
les dispositions du present Reglement.
2. Toute proposition est soumise an
precede suivant:
Un delai de six mois est laisse aux
Administrations pour examiner les propo
sitions et pour faire parvenir au Bureau
international, le cas echeant, leurs obser
vations. Les amendements ne sont pas
admis. Les reponses sont reunies par les
soins du Bureau international et commu-
niquees aux Administrations avec Finvita-
tion de se prononcer pour ou centre. Les
Administrations qui n’ont point fait par
venir leur vote dans un delai de six mois,
a compter de la date de la seconde circulaire
du Bureau international leur notiliant les
observations apportees, sont considerees
comme s’abstenant.
10° The Republic of San Marino and
the Italian Post Office at Tripoli
in Barbary, as subordinate to the
Postal Administration of Italy.
11° The Post Offices which the Japanese
Administration has established in ^
China.
12° The Grand Duchy of Finland, as
forming an integral part of the
Empire of Russia, the Russian
Post Offices established in China,
as subordinate to the Russian
Postal Administrations.
13° Basutoland, as subordinate to the
Postal Administration of the Colony
of the Cape of Good Hope.
14° Walfisch Bay, as forming part of
the Colony of the Cape of Good
Hope.
15° The Norwegian Post Office esta
blished at Advent Bay on the west
of Spitzbergen as subordinate to
the Administration of Posts of
Norway.
2. In the interval which elapses between
the meetings, the Administrations of Union
countries opening in countries foreign to
the Union Post Offices which are to be
regarded as belonging to the Union, com
municate the fact to the Administrations
of all the other Union countries, through
the medium of the International Bureau.
XLV.
Proposals made in the interval between
meetings.
1. In the interval which elapses between
the meetings the Postal Administration of
every country of the Union has the right
of addressing to the other participating
Administrations, through the medium of
the International Bureau, proposals con
cerning the present Regulations.
2. Every proposal is subject to the
following procedure :—
A period of six months is allowed to
Administrations to examine the proposals
and communicate their observations, if
any, to the International Bureau. Amend
ments are not admitted. The answers are
tabulated by the International Bureau and
communicated to the Administrations with
an invitation to express themselves for or
against. The Administrations which have
not declared their votes within a period of
six months, counting from the date of the
second circular of the International Bureau
notifying to them the observations made,
are regarded as abstaining.

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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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