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'A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran' [28r] (15/36)
The record is made up of 1 file (18 folios). It was created in Sep 1916. 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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15
XIV.
Agrf- -
(I.)
the ( (invent ion of 2nd April 1868. respecting tele graphic
and India—Signed at Teheran, 3rd July 1887.
(English Version.)
It is hereby agreed between the undersigned duly authorised thereto by their respective
Governments, that the Convention signed at Teheran on the 2nd April 1868 for extending and
securing telegraphic communication between Europe and India, shall remain in force until the
31st January 1005.
Done at Teheran, this 3rd of July 1887.
Agreement between the British and Persian Governments to prolong, until 2>lst January 1905,
the Convention of 2nd December 1872, respecting telegraphic communication between Europe
and India through Persia.—Signed at Teheran on ?>rd July 1887.
It is hereby agreed between the undersigned, duly authorised thereto by their respective
Governments, that the Convention signed at Teheran on the 2nd December 1872 for continuing
the system of telegraphic communication between Europe and India through Persia, shall
remain in force until the 31st January 1905.
Done at Teheran, this 3rd day of July 1887.
Note. —For Agreement extending the above Conventions up to 31st January 1925. See
Agreement between the British and Persian Governments to prolong, until
31st January 1925, the Convention of 2nd April 18t)8, respecting Telegraphic
Communication between Europe and India. Signed in the English and Persian
Languages at Tehran, 7th January 1892.
Europe and India, shall remain in force until the thirty-first of January, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five.
Done at Tehran, this seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two,
being equivalent to the sixth day of Jemadi as-Sani, one thousand three hundred and nine.
(L.s.)
A. Nioolson
Her Britannic Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires.
(L.s.) Signature of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
(II.)
(English Version.)
(l.s.) Signature of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
A. Nl COLSON,
Her Britannic Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires.
Nos. XV. and XVI.
XV.
It is hereby agreed between the Undersigned, duly authorised thereto by their respective
Governments,* that the Convention signed at Tehran on the second day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, for extending and securing telegraphic communication bet ween
(l.s.) Frank C. Lascelles.
(l.s.) Signature of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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This file is comprised of copies of a series of agreements, engagements, and conventions concerning Britain and a number of related parties regarding the construction and/or extension of telegraph lines in Turkey, Persia, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Mekran [Makran Coast] between 1853 and 1916. Related parties include the Chiefs of the Arabian coast (referred to as 'the Chiefs of the Pirates Coast'), Persia, Turkey, and Russia.
In addition, there are copies of two concessions granted to the Indo-European Telegraph Company, from 1868 and 1869 respectively (a renewal of the 1868 concession, made in 1882, is also included).
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- 1 file (18 folios)
- Arrangement
The file contains a table of contents at the front of the volume. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order (with some exceptions) from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 21, and terminates at f 38, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran'
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- 21r:38r
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