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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [152r] (308/818)
The record is made up of 1 volume (405 folios). It was created in 2 Aug 1919-21 Jan 1924. 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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2opy.
(£ 640/75/34)
356/23.
P
30 8
Colonial Office,
S.W.l.
15th January, 1923.
Sir,
I am directed by the Duke of Devonshire to transmit to
you to be laid before the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
the accompanying copy of a letter (without enclosures)
from the General Post Office, enquiring as to the present
position in regard to the Telegraph Offices at Abadan and
Mohammerah.
2. As regards the first point, it is understood that the
Telegraph Offices have not been handed over to the Persian
Government, but that a Conference is shortly to assemble at
Bushire with a view to deciding on their future administration
As regards the question of rates, I would invite reference to
the marginally noted correspondence in regard to the increases
proposed by the High Commissioner and approved by the General
P 0 st Office. Owing to the nature of the negotiations then
proceeding between your Department and 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
High Commissioner war never authorised to introduce these
revised rates and it is presumed that the rates are still
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as stated in his telegram Ho. 791 dated 13th December 1921.
3* I am to enquire whether Lord Curzon concurs in a
reply being sent to the General Post Office on these lines.
I am, etc.,
(Sgd. ) J.E. Shuckburgh.
Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
About this item
- Content
The volume comprises one part discussing the administration of the Persian telegraph lines.
The volume contains correspondence, minutes, notes, and telegrams regarding the restoration of 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.
The volume also includes documents on the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Government, correspondence on the Persian control over the telegraph line between Meshed [Mashhad, Iran] and Seistan [Sistan region, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan], and on the administration of the offices in Abadan and Mohammerah to be transferred to Persia.
The principal correspondents are the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited, 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 Colonial Office, 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. , His Majesty's Minister in Tehran, the British Legation in Tehran, and the High Commissioner for Iraq.
The volume contains two copies of the 'Map to illustrate the telegraph lines of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and Connected System' (folios 199 and 312), and 'A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Mekran', 1916 (folios 200-217).
The final part of the volume contains telegrams mentioning incidents caused by 'Afghan raiders' to the Seistan-Meshed telegraph line, near to the borders with Afghanistan, in 1923.
The volume comprises part 2. 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.
There is a document partly written in French within the volume, minutes of a meeting held at the British Legation in Gulhek [Tehran].
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (405 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.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 407; 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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/326
- Title
- File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:147v, 149r:198v, 218r:311v, 313r:406v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence