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File 1311/1905 ‘Persian Gulf: - Post Offices. (Parcel Post Convention)’ [‎25r] (56/434)

The record is made up of 1 volume (212 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1902-23 Feb 1911. 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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harcol Poet Agreement which wm signed by the Aiministra-
tor General of Fereian Custom© and myself on the 24th ul
timo.
It will be seen that in accordance with the wish
C 2 r>rer-£e& in your telegram Foj B.H02 of Juno 1st, the agree
ment is to toko effect from, the Jot October next.
I am forwarding^ a cony of this.Despatch to die
Majesty’s Principal Socrotary of State for Foreign Affaire
Evud His Majesty *© Consul General at 3ushiro*
I have tlx© honour to be.
with yLa highest rernt ct.
Your toct obedient.
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The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials, about their negotiations in the lead up to the Parcel Post Agreement of 1910 with Persia. The main correspondents are the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department at Calcutta and the British Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran. They discuss cooperative arrangements for the examination by Persian Customs officials of postal parcels arriving from India and elsewhere, at British Indian Post Offices in Bushire and other towns along the Persian Coast of the Gulf. Included in the volume are copies of the following documents written in French: the Parcel Post Agreement between Great Britain and Persia of 1910 and Annex of 1911, the Parcel Post Agreement between Austro-Hungary and Turkey of 1870, and several letters by senior Persian Customs officials at Bushire and Tehran.

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1 volume (212 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 1311 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : post offices: Parcel Post Convention) consists of one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the leading flyleaf with 1 and terminates at the ending flyleaf with 212; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

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File 1311/1905 ‘Persian Gulf: - Post Offices. (Parcel Post Convention)’ [‎25r] (56/434), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/78, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100027071639.0x000039> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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