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File 1912/897 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [‎222r] (448/456)

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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.
125
arrangements —
Redirection free throughout Union -----
„ not accorded to wrongly addressed correspondence
when reforwarded.
„ of correspondence—requests for - - - -
Redirection of inland letters abroad—complementary postage collected
on delivery when not paid on redirection.
Redirection of mails for ships of war - - - - -
Registered articles—acknowledgments of delivery - - -
v v to be enclosed in a separate packet - - -
» v delivery receipt absolves from responsibility
» v entered on special list to be advised on Letter
Bill.
„ „ of an exceptional kind—special
may be made.
„ „ to be entered in Letter Bill - - -
v v ^ or o n separate list when numerous
„ „ for express delivery—treatment - -
r, y , not more than 30 to be entered on one list
t y yy place of destination to be entered on list -
yy y, must not be mixed with ordinary correspond
ence.
y, yy to be packed in separate packets or bags
,, „ disputed responsibility for loss of, to be settled
by arbitration
„ „ lost, indemnity payable - - -
„ „ must not be addressed to initials, or in pencil
„ „ stipulations respecting - - - -
,, „ surtax authorised in countries undertaking risks of
“ force majeure.”
„ f y inland regulations
hold good.
„ „ must be numbered -
„ „ should bear labels - - - - -
„ „ but they may still be marked with R. stamp
„ „ unpaid or insufficiently paid to be delivered free
except as regards complementary postage on
redirection.
„ „ which cannot be enclosed in registered bag or
packet.
Registered letter bags or packages—Number to be entered in Letter
Bill.
Letter Bill to be attached to
„ ,, ,, if more than one in mail to be
labelled.
„ „ „ to be placed in centre of mail
Registered letters in closed mails lost—intermediate Office responsible
Registered letter lists to be attached to the packet to which they
relate.
Registration can be claimed for all articles - - - -
Registration fee—higher maximum allowed in Extra-European States.
Protocol TV., page 26.
Registration fee, in addition to ordinary postage - - -
“ Remb.” to be entered in Letter Bill against articles marked with
Trade charges.
“ Remboursement ” (Optional arrangement) - - -
„ to be inscribed on articles marked with trade
charges.
Remittances on account may be claimed in case of large debts
Reply Coupons—Optional arrangement - - - -
„ minimum selling price - - -
„ exchangeable for stamps of value of 25 centimes
„ each Administration keeps amount collected
„ but accounts through I.B. for coupons issued
exchanged quarterly or annually.
„ to be printed under supervision of T.B.
„ and furnished at cost of printing - - -
„ to be exchanged for stamps - . -
Reply halves of postcards exempt on return from transit charges
„ only available for return to country of origin
and when originally sent attached to first halves.
Reply postcards ------
M sender may address the reply half
surtax applicable to both halves - - -
Reproductions by mechanical processes—twenty copies
enable them to pass as printed papers.
Detailed
Regulations.
XXVII. 1
XXVII. 5
XXXI.
XXVII. 2
XXVI. 4
XIV.
XXII. 1
XXI. 3
XXII. 3
XXI. 4
XXI. 5
XXIII. 2
XXI. 5
XXI. 4
XXII. 1
XXII. 1
XIII.
XII. 1
XII.
XII. 2
XII. 3
XII. 3
XI I. 3
XII. 4
XXII. 3
XXL 3
XXII. 2
XXII. 2
XXII. 2
XXV. 7
XXII. 1
XXL 4
XV.
XV. 1
XLII. 5
VII.
VII. 3
VII. 5 6 7 8
VII. 1
VII. 2
VII. 4
XVI. 4
XV.I 4
XIX. 1

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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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