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File 80/1913 Pt 1 'Arabistan: telegraph line' [14r] (32/392)
The record is made up of 1 volume (192 folios). It was created in 25 Jun 1912-27 Nov 1919. 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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teference Paper. Indo-European Telegraph Department.
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• Referred to the Secretary, 11th day of
July
1919.
Political Department.
It has come to my knowledge indirectly th&t
! the Persian Government have been pressing at Teheran
I f 01- the restoration of communication between Borasjoon
. . urn u, fa
! ^ Bander Rig^ has been interrupted since August 1915.
The Beputy
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.
at Bushire has also been
enquiring when the line will again be connected up.
Both have been informed that the working season is
| now P ast artf nothing can be done till the heat abates
next autumn.
1 have ascertained that the line from Borasjoon^
to Bunder Rig has entirely disappeared; it was
apparently removed at the German Wassmuss*s instigation.
In those circumstances itivduld seem best to reconstruct
the line by a route through a district where it will
be less likely to be destroyed and by one capable of
diversion should further occasion arise for so doing.
With this in view / surveys have been made and feasible
routes nave been found as shewn in the accompanying
sketch map . The route shewn via Shif requires
two short letigths of cable and I do not therefore
propose to adopt it until that via Ahmedi has been
proved to be untenable.
As the Arabistan telegraph line f though not yet
paid for ; is in a w r ay the property of the Persian Govern
ment I am not sure whether it is advisable to divert
a line nominally their property without their knowledge
and consent and I therefore suggest that Sir Percy Cox's
opinion might be ascertained during the interval that
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The volume comprises one part discussing the Arabistan telegraph line: correspondence, notes and telegrams regarding repairs to the Line, and arrangements made with the Persian Government regarding their modernization after the destruction of the tract between Bander Rig [Bandar Rig, Iran] and Borasjun [Borazjan, Iran].
The volume contains the 1913 agreements between the Telegraph Department of the British Government and the Persian Minister of Post and Telegraphs for the reorganization of the Arabistan Telegraph Lines and the prolongation of the Telegraph Conventions until 1945, minutes of meetings at the Foreign Office; statements showing yearly payments made or to be made for the Line from 1914 to 1945; and statements showing the estimated and actual cost of its construction.
The volume also contains a map of the Arabistan Telegraph Line (folio 15).
The principal correspondents are the Foreign Office, the 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. , the Indo European Telegraph Department, 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. , and His Majesty's Minister in Tehran.
The volume comprises part 1. This includes a divider which gives the subject and part number, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (192 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 80 consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/325-327. The volumes are divided into 4 parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising the first two volumes, and parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 194; 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.
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- File 80/1913 Pt 1 'Arabistan: telegraph line'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:14v, 16r:184r, 185r:193v, 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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