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File 1912/897 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [‎217r] (438/456)

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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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INDEX.
Convention.
Detailed
Regulations.
A., form of reply coupon -
Abrogation of previous Conventions, &e., by present one - - -
VII. 1
29 1

Accounting for transit charges - - - .

XXXVI.
,, statistical basis for - -
XXXVI. 1
„ multiplier to be used - - .

XXXVI. 1
„ 10 per cent, to be deducted from gross weights

XXXVI. 2
„ detailed accounts to be prepared - - - -

XXXVI. 3
„ and despatched as soon as possible - - -

XXXVI. 4
„ liquidation account generally prepared by I.B.

XXXVI. 6
„ but may be settled apart - - - -

XXXVI. 6
,, annual liquidation accounts to be furnished

XXXVI. 8 9
Accounts for reply coupons to be furnished and settled through I.B. -

VII. 5 6 7 8
Accounts of transit charges to be based upon statistics taken every
4 7

six years.
» „ to be paid promptly - - -

XXXVII. 2
Accounts of postage unnecessary, as collecting Administrations retain
12 2

Collections.
Acknowledgments of debt for transmission to Clearing House at

XLII. 2
Berne.
Acts of ratification -
29 2
-
Address cards may pass as printed papers - ...

XIX. 5
Addressee cannot be required to pay postal tax or postal duty other
12 3

than those provided for by Convention.


Adhesion of new members to Union - - - -
24

Adhesions to Convention which have to be notified to the Italian


Government before July 1907 , Protocol IX., page 28 .
Administrative Conferences to be held at request of two-thirds of
25 1

Union.
Adoption of 20 gramme unit of weight for letters may be postponed,


Protocol III., p. 26 .
Advices of delivery of registered articles A. R.
6 3
XIV.
„ „ may be applied for after posting - - -
6 3
XIV. 4
„ „ exempt from transit charges - -
4 8

„ „ procedure when applied for after posting

XIV. 4
„ „ to be prepared by office of origin - - -

XIV. 3
Agreements on questions not concerning the Union generally may be
20 2

made apart from the Convention.
Agreements with Non-Union countries can be utilized by any other
17 1

Union country.
All articles may be registered - - . - -
6 1

Alteration of addresses of letters passing through the post
9

Alterations proposed between meetings of Congresses
26 1
XLV.
Animals prohibited from transmission by post - - - -
16 3

A. R. to be marked on articles for which a receipt is required

XIV. 1
Arbitration in cases of disagreement -----
23

,, to be ruled by majority of votes - - - -
23 2

Arbitrators disagreeing in equal number of votes, call in another
23 s

Articles constituting sign of monetary value excluded from trans-
5 7

mission at reduced rate.
Articles going at reduced rate may be grouped together

XX.
„ liable to Customs Duty not transmissible by post
16 3

„ likely to soil or injure not allowed - - - -
16 3

„ not allowed to go by post to be returned to Post Office of
16 2

origin in certain circumstances.
„ other than letters or post cards, must be paid at least partly -
5 4

Atlantic-Pacific “ Extraordinary Service ” -

III.
Avoirdupois Weight—assimilation of, to decimal weight
V.
B., form of registration label - - . -
XII. 3
Bags — number composing Mail to be indicated on Letter Bills -
XXL 2
,, to be used for bulky Mails and Mails sent by sea
XXIV. 2
„ for Mails, limit of weight - - - - -

XXIW-
,, empty, to be returned - - - -

XXIV. 6
Balance not exceeding 1,000 francs annually on transit account need
4 9
not be paid.
A 48592.
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Content

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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