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File 1408/1904 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: telegraphs. Henjam-Bunder Abbas-cable’ [‎43r] (90/478)

The record is made up of 1 volume (235 folios). It was created in 1904-1909. 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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Telegram, dated the 5th May 1906.
’From—The Commissioner, Karachi,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Your telegram of the 27th ultimo. Director, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Telegraph
Department, reports as follows :—
Pay per mensem Rs. 300; pension contribution Its. 24-6-0. Total
Rs. 324-6-0 per month. Rent allowance, if no quarters provided, Rs. 30.
Telegram, No. 1882 E.-A., dated the 8th May 1906.
From—The Foreign Secretary, Simla,
To—E. M. Gbant Duff, Esq., His Britannic Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran.
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Please see your telegram No. 175, dated the 24th April 1906. Bunder
Abbas cable. The terms for the Engineer are a pay of Rs. 300 a month, and
pension contribution of Rs. 24 annas 5, making a total of Rs. 324-6-0 a month,
plus a rent allowance of Rs. 30 a month, if no quarters are provided for him.
MEMORANDUM.
The papers specified below were transmitted to the Secretary, Political
Department, 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. , London, for the information of His Majesty’s
Secretary of State for India, under cover of the Foreign Secretary’s letter
No. 19 M., dated the 10th May 1906:—
Bunder Abbas Cable.
From the 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. , No. 71, dated the 25th March 1906.
From His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran, No. 117, dated the 26th March 1906.
From the 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. , No. 79, dated the 26th March 1906.
From the 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. , No. 76, dated the 26th March 1906.
From His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran, No. 119, dated the 27th March 1906.
From His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran, No. 130, dated the 31st March 1906.
From the 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. , No. 718, dated the 31st March 1906.
From the 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. , No. 102, dated the 1st April 1906.
From the 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. , No. 105, dated the 3rd April 1906.
From the 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. , No. 109, dated the 4th April 1906.
From the Assistant 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. , No. 123, dated the 10th
April 1906.
From His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran, No. 148, dated the 11th April 1906.
From His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran, No. 149, dated tue 11th April 1906.
To His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran, No. 1531 E.-A., dated the 17th April 1906,
and enclosures.
From His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran, No. 168, dated the 19th April 1906.
From the 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. , No. 149, dated the 20th April 1906.
From the 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. , No. 152, dated the 21st April 1906.
From His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, Tehran, No. 176, dated the 24th April 1906 -
From the 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. m Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire,No. 159, dated the 25th April 1906.
Foreign 0&o« Free*—No. 253—12-5 06—54.

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The volume comprises notes, memoranda, copies of correspondence and other papers, relating to an agreement reached between the British and Persian Governments for the construction of a telegraph cable line between the telegraph station at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], and a subsequent dispute between the British and Persian Governments over the location of the telegraph office in Bunder Abbas. The volume’s principal correspondents are: the 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 Percy Zachariah Cox); the British Ambassador (or Chargé d’Affaires) at Tehran (Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge; Sir Evelyn Mountstuart Grant Duff); the Assistant Resident and British Consul at Bandar-e ʻAbbās (Lieutenant William Henry Irvine Shakespear).

The volume’s papers include:

  • proposals, set out by British officials, for a telegraph cable running between Henjam and Bunder Abbas, chiefly for the benefit of the Indian merchant community at the latter place;
  • papers detailing negotiations between British and Persian officials through 1905 concerning the construction of the telegraph cable from Henjam to Bunder Abbas, and the construction and operation of a telegraph office at Bundar Abbas. Much of the discussion centres on the running and costs of the telegraph office at Bundar Abbas, in response to the Persian Government’s insistence that they run the office, and the British Government’s insistence that only Persians be employed in the office (in order to prevent the appointment of Russian telegraphists). A printed copy of the agreement for the construction of the telegraph line from Henjam to Bunder Abbas, dated 13 May 1905, is included in the volume (f 149);
  • copies of telegrams and other papers dated 1906, documenting the construction of telegraph facilities at Bunder Abbas, including British intentions to run the cable via their consular buildings, Persian objection to the proposals, and the protracted dispute over the location of the telegraph office that ensued;
  • correspondence dated 1909, including a letter from Sir George Head Barclay at the British Embassy in Tehran, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey, dated 8 March 1909, confirming that the dispute between the British and Persian authorities over the location of a telegraph office at Bunder Abbas has been resolved (ff 20-21).
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1 volume (235 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 237; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 130-143; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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