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File 1408/1904 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: telegraphs. Henjam-Bunder Abbas-cable’ [123v] (251/478)
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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torv orders were sent, pending the arrival of the Persian representative, for
maintenance of the obstruction. I trust that it will be possible to obtain a
copy of the alleged reprimand or apology.
The house site was formally marked out and handed over to the Consul
by the local authorities under an order, dated the 2 nd August, issued by the
Perya Begi, in which the exact area and position were specified.
I am unable to communicate with Lieutenant Shakespeare, but suggest _
that failing a more satisfactory arrangement the difficulty might be got over if
the small piece of ground now occupied by the foundations of the cable house
were to be cut out from our site. The cable house would then be in Persian
territory. Ends.
Telegram, No. 68, dated the 11th February 1906.
From—E. M. Grant Duff, Esq., His Britannic Majesty's Charge d’Affaires at
Tehran,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Calcutta
Following sent to Political Besident,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, to-day -.—Begins. Tour
telegram No. 23 .
The Mushir-ed-Dowleh maintains that local officials have been repri
manded. The Derya Begi has definite orders to see that the telegraph house is
built on ground which he will select. As the Persian Government say that
firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
must be issued, please furnish exact position and measurements of the
ground given for the Consulate.
Telegram, dated the 12th February 1906.
From— Major P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., 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.
,
Bushire,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Calcutta.
I have sent the following departmental telegram from the Director-in-
Chief, London, to the Director,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Telegraphs, to Tehran, for the
information of His Brttannic Majesty’s Chargd d’Affaires :— Begins. I find the
Persian Telegraph Department has always allowed its wire to be carried through
the departmental offices at Shiraz, Ispahan, Tehran, Yezd, and Kerman for testing
and general administrative purposes, and that, wffien necessary, these offices can
cut off communication on it. It appears to me therefore that the same proce
dure should be followed when you have to construct the line to the Persian
offices at Henjam and Bunder Abbas, and that the wire at Hen jam should be
carried through our office there and through our Consulate at Bunder Abbas,
before being brought into the Persian offices. If this is done as a technical
telegraph arrangement it is possible no objection will be raised, and should
objections be made afterwards, you can point out why it was done. We should
not ask for previous permission to carry outwork in this way, but treat arrange
ment as the natural one to make for the efficient management of the line. I
am informed that the Persian wire between Tehran and Djoulfa carried on the
Indo-European Company’s line passes through the Russian Consulate at Tabriz,
so if objections are raised the political authorities wfill have precedents to show
both for carrying on wire through departmental office and a Consulate at
Bunder Abbas. The wire w r ould be carried to the Consulate, then back on the
same post to the shore, and afterwards along the coast to the Persian Office. I
understand that one of the Consulate clerks w T ould do what signalling w T as
wanted there. You are aware that the Persian Government have notified that
they are ready to pay the bill of exchange for the cost of the wire from
Henjam to Bunder Abbas. The Examiner, Telegraph Accounts, should be
asked to expedite its preparation.
I hope it will be possible to insist on the acceptance of the arrangement
now suggested, as an impression very damaging to us is created by the con
tinuance of the present obstruction.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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