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File 1408/1904 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: telegraphs. Henjam-Bunder Abbas-cable’ [186r] (376/478)
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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27
ocument is the Property of His Britannic Majesty^ GovemmentJ
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No. 1.
[March 4.]
Section 2 .
Sir A. Hardinge to th
(No. 26.)
My Lord,
I HAVE
Marquess of Lonsdowne.—{Received March 4.)
L iv>d i
fLl-
the
, . Tehran, February 7, 1905.
1 j . 1 1 ? nour . 0 transmit herewith, in continuation of previous
1 <ifh Iwp n 1 in. Wlth ' s I ,ecla „ 1 reference to your Lordship’s telegram No. 78 of the
on ,? ?Z r;,f ’w C0py 0 t th< i “ ote addressed b y me t0 «>e Persian Government
o ^ " u ^j ec t of the Henjam-Bunder Abbas telegraph extension.
Ihe Mushir-ed-Dowleh has not yet replied to this note. I reminded him of it
yes erday, and said 1 should be glad of an answer before my messenger left. His
]USt S ^ ut . to t f 11 “ e that the matter is still before the Shah, but that
he will send me a reply m a few days.
1 have, &c.
(Signed) ARTHUR H. HARDINGE.
Inclosure in No. 1.
A. Hardinge to the Mushir-ed-Dowleh.
Your Exceilency, , . Tehran, January 15, 1905.
* + p S 00 . enou ^^ to inform me verbally at our interview on the 4th
instant that the Persian Government had reconsidered the question of connecting
Bunder Abbas with Hen.iam by a telegraph cable, and were now disposed to construct
+v! e p y 16 ! i^ U C( ? nCUrred su ^g es ti° n which I had the honour to make to you
decision 10Uld SUbmit t0 y0U definite proposals in writing for giving effect to this
1 he simplest way of doing so would be by means of a brief Agreement similar to
those repeatedly concluded by my predecessors with those of your Excellency for the
extension of telegraphic communications in Persia, and notably to that which I had
the honour of signing with you on the 16th August, 1901.
Such an Agreement would run as follows : —
a • i \ r I 1( : i I e ^ ian G°y era nient having decided, in pursuance of the provisions of
Arucie I of the Convention of 1868, to connect the port of Bunder Abbas with the
telegraphic system of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, the British Government agrees to place at its
isposal for this purpose the services of the Indo-European Telegraph Department.
f -l- t' 1116 co , nnection sha11 be effected by means of a land line across the Island
ot Kishm (or by a submarine cable) from Bunder Abbas to the Indo-European
lelegraph Department s station at Hen jam
“3. The arrangements for the construction, working, and maintenance of the
line, as well as for the allocation of the profits received from it, shall be identical with
those contained m previous Telegraphic Conventions between the two Governments,
notably m the Convention of the 16th August, 1901.”
If, on the other hand, the Persian Government prefers, once the line is completed
to take complete possession of it, and assume the responsibility for its working and
upkeep, then, instead of the foregoing, Article 3 might run as follows:—
‘3. The line and the offices required for its working shall be constructed bv
officers to be provided for the purpose by the Indo-European Telegraph Department,
and shall, after repayment by the Persian Government of the outlay, as well as of
any expenses for working, maintenance, or repairs which may have been incurred
iy the Department between the completion of the line and its transfer to the Persian
Ministry of L elegraphs, become the sole property of the Persian Government, but shall
penning such repayment, be worked and managed by the Department.
r 4 ' I ^ 1 ® a S reed tha f the Persian Government, upon entering into possession of
thB [1864^—2] Pl0y ° n 7 Per? ' lan sub -i ects on 14 and in the telegraph office at
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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.
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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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