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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [‎200v] (405/818)

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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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CONTENTS.
I Agreement between Great Britain and the Chiefs of the Pirates Coast (1853)
ll’ Agreement with the Jam of Beyla (1861)
TIT Agreement with the Naib of Kedge (looL) 7 . x v ■ Air • r + 1 ,
IV Engagement entered into by the Perstan Mm,ster for Foreign Affatrs for the
construction of a line of telegraph from KhanaKeen to Bush,re (I 860 ) - -
V Engagement between Great Britain and Turkey for the extension of a telegraph
tine from Bagdad to Bussora and to Khanakam Gob3) - - -
VI. Convention between Great Britain and Turkey for the establishment of telegraphic
communication between India and the Ottoman Territory (186 )
VII Convention between Great Britain and Persia for the construction and supervision
of the telegraph line from Bushire to Khanakam (18bo) ,
VIII. Convention between Great Britain and Persia for the construction of a^ telegraph
line from Gwadur to Jask (1868)
IX Agreement with the Naib of Kedge (1869)
X Agreement with Shah Nasrut (1869) - “
XI Agreement with the Chiefs of Baho and Dustyaree (1869) - . " ;
XII. Agreement between Great Britain and Persia to prolong the Convention of I 860
for three months (1872) - " . „ + +•
XIII. Convention between Great Britain and Persia for the supervision and construction
of a third wire from Teheran to Bushire (1872) " . " . "
XIV Agreements between Great Britain and Persia for prolonging the Conventions of
°1868 and 1872 until the 31st January 1905 (188/) - - ,, ~
XV. Agreement between Great Britain and Persia to prolong the Convention ol 1868
0 until 31st January 1925 (1892) " . ' " .' f -.079
XVI Agreement between Great Britain and Persia to prolong the Convention of 18/.
until 31st January 1925 (1892) _ ‘ . “
XVII Telegraphic Convention between Russia and 1 ersia (18/9)
iviIL Telegraphic Convention between Russia and Persia (1881) - . " "
XIX. Concession granted to the Indo-European Telegraph Company, Limited, by the
Persian Government (1868) - - " n "-n •
XX. Concession granted to the Indo-European Telegraph Company by the 1 ersian
Government (1869) - - T , L , J
XXL Renewal of the Concession of 1868 granted to the Indo-European Telegraph
Company until the 31st January 1905 (1882) - -
XXII. English translation of above - ^
XXIII. Agreement between Great Britain and Persia regarding the limits oi the Bntish
telegraph station at Jask (1887) - - “ . ~ , J
XXIV. Convention between Great Britain and Persia for the construction ot a telegraph
line from Kashan to the Baluchistan Frontier (1901) - , “
XXV. Agreement between Great Britain and Persia for the construction ol a telegraph
line from Henjam to Bunder Abbas (190b) " ' *
XXVI. Agreement between Persia, Russia, and Great Britain regarding the transfer ol
° the Teheran-Khanikin telegraph line by the British Government to the Indo-
European Telegraph Company (1906) - - - “ " . _
XXVII. Agreement between the Indo-European Telegraph Company and the 1 ersian
Government prolonging the former’s concession for a period of 20 years from
1 st January 1925 (1906) - - . " " -p . . J
vXVIll. Agreement between Russia and Great Britain by which the rights ot the JTritisn
& Government over the Teheran-Khanakin telegraph line are ceded to the Russian
Government (1907) - - -
XXIX. Agreement between Russia and Great Britain regarding their respective control ot
the Khaf-Seistan and Teheran-Meshed sections of Persian telegraph lines (1907)
XXX. Agreement between Great Britain and Persia extending tlm concessions of the
^ former for a period of 20 years from 31st January 1925 in return for their
assistance in reconstructing the system of telegraph lines in Persian Arabistan
(1913) - - ~ ‘ ‘
XXXI. Agreement between Great Britain and Persia respecting the construction ot a
telegraph line connecting Seistan with the Central Persia Line at a point near
Malek Siah Kuh on Persian territory (1916)
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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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