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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [196r] (396/818)
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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No. 3 . known as the Central Persia line, (in combination
with No. 3 A. the "Indian extension of the C.P. Line" - ■‘i. ^
gives direct land communication between Tehran and India. (The
extension^is wholly in British territory: the gap between it and
the eastern end of the C.P. line at Hurmak is bridged by the
Department renting two wires from the Indian Telegraph Department
on its line from Quetta to Hurmak).
The Central Persia line, constructed between 1902 and 1907,
is held, i.e. maintained and operated, by the Indo-European
Telegraph Department under a concession obtained from the Persian
Government in 1901: the concession, which is similar in general
to that of 1872, is also valid till 1945, as is that of 1916 in
virtue of which the Department constructed maintains and operates
the connection between the Central Persia line, at Hurmak, and
Seistan (No. 3 B )•
No. 4 . The Arabistan lines from Borasjun, on the
Tehran-Bushire line, to Ahwaz and from Ahwaz to Bizful on the one
hand, and Mohammerah on the other. By the agreement of 1913 the
Indo-European Telegraph Department undertook the reconstruction
and maintenance of these lines : the offices however remain in
Persian Government control. (Practically the whole of the Arab
istan lines were taken over by the British forces, and,later,
the Iraq Telegraph Administration^ during the war, and the latter
has not yet withdrawn from the offices at Mohammerah and Abadanj.
This arrangement, which involved on the Department an irrecoverable
expenditure of £5000 and further expenditure recoveraole in
instalments to the extent of £18000, is not in itself remunerative
to the Department (there will be £11000 - £12000 unrecovered at
the termination of the arrangement in 1945), but was entered into
to obtain from the Persian Government extensions o± the more
important concessions, Nos. 2, 2A and 3, till 1945.
(Note. In respect of lines Nos. 1, 2 and 3 tne In do -European
Telegraph Department obtains revenue by taking 2/3 oi the terminal
charge on international messages which originate or terminate in a
departmental office, and 2/9 of the charge on such messages
originating
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- 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