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Memorandum on Persian Telegraph Lines [‎2r] (3/8)

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/18/C207

The record is made up of 1 file (4 folios). It was created in 13 Jun 1922. It was written in English. 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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The memorandum consists of eight entries on various telegraph lines running through Persia. Each entry outlines who is responsible for it (if anyone), and provides a brief overview of its development and its current status. The lines included are as follows:

  • the Mekran [Makran] line;
  • the Bushire-Tehran-Khanikin [Khānaqīn] line;
  • the Central Persian line;
  • the Arabistan lines;
  • the Indo-European Telegraph line from England to Tehran (via Germany and Russia);
  • the Hamadan-Kazvin [Qazvin] line;
  • the Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]-Kerman line;
  • the Tehran-Meshed [Mashhad] line;
  • the Meshed-Birjand-Seistan [Sīstān] line.
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1 file (4 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 4; 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.

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IOR/L/PS/18/C207
Title
Memorandum on Persian Telegraph Lines
Pages
1r:4v
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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