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File 1311/1905 ‘Persian Gulf: - Post Offices. (Parcel Post Convention)’ [80r] (168/434)
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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In any further communica
tion on this subject, please quote
so. 32464.
and address—
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
Foreign Office
October 0 1907
1 t
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to
transmit to you, to be laid belore the Secretary Oj.
State for India, the accompanying copy of a despatch
from His Majesty's Minister at Tehran, respecting
the British Post Offices In the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Sir E. Grey would be glad to be furnished with
the observations of Mr. Secretary Morley on this dee
patch
I am
Sir
Your most obedient
humble Servant
The Under secretary of State
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.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (212 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/78
- Title
- File 1311/1905 ‘Persian Gulf: - Post Offices. (Parcel Post Convention)’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:3v, 5r:9v, 11r:16v, 21r:25v, 34r:43v, 46r:52v, 58r:59v, 60v:64v, 65ar:65av, 65r:111v, 114r:137v, 140r:161v, 171r:174v, 175v:180v, 183r:186v, 189r:191r, 193v:202v, 203v:212v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence