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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [204v] (413/818)
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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shall be charged with proportionate rates for the intervening towns. The Persian Govern
ment accepts the tariff laid down in the last convention between Turkey and England so far
as regards the rates of messages sent by the two Governments from Bushire to India and from
Khanakain to Constantinople or Europe. 1 n . ^ + , ,, + ,
X The yearly receipts will be credited to the Persian treasury, but should they reach a
higher sum than thirty thousand
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, the surplus will be made over to the officers of the
English Government for the cost of their establishment. 1 I
XI. All Indian messages at whatever part of the line or from whatever place received
shall be given over 10 the second wire, and the accounts regularlv kept.
XII. Should the traffic so continuously increase as to demand more than is in one day the
fair day’s work on the second wire, the excess of telegrams shall be handed over for despatch
to the" first wire, the money received on them being separately credited to the Persian
Government. The adjustment of this matter shall rest with the Itizad-es-Sultaneh and the
English Superintending officer. This article is quite irrespective of the provision for mutual
assistance in the event of a slight and temporary delay. ^ :
XIII. The cost of all other than Indian or submarine cable messages shall be separately
credited to the Persian Treasury, although conveyed by the second wire.
XIV. The relative value of coin shall be calculated for purposes of account at the following
rates:—
One pound sterling = 25 francs = 22 krans.
One shilling = 1 tranc = 25 centimes — 1 kran = 2 shahis.
One penny = 10 centimes = 2 shahis.
As a rule accounts should be kept in English and payments made in Teheran in Persian
currency.
XV. " The telegraph accounts shall be made up by the English Superintending Officer
monthly and sent to Constantinople where, by comparison with the Cable and Turkish
accounts, they will be checked by the British Commissioner appointed for that purpose. On
the return to Teheran of the audited accounts from Constantinople, the amount due to the
Persian Government will be certified by the English Officer and speedily paid every six
months, as stated in the last article. The above account shall always be open to the inspection
of the Telegraph Agent of the Persian Government at Constantinople, or any person
recognised by the Persian Minister at the Ottoman Court for the settlement of accounts of
international traffic on the Persian-Turkish line.
XVI. The Telegraphic Regulations drawn up at Paris on the thirteenth of April,
Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five shall be carried out under the
superintendence of the Persian Government so far as not opposed to the terms of the present
convention or the institutions of Persia.
XVII. Any disagreement arising between the Telegraphic employes of the two Govern
ments shall be referred to their Excellencies the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs and the
British Minister at Teheran, in order tliat after necessary investigation, a just decision may be
pronounced.
XVIII. This convention shall take effect from the opening of correspondence on the second
wire, and remain in force for five years from the day that a telegram is first despatched
hereby. At the expiration of the five years it shall be null and void. If at any time within
the term appointed the capabilities of Persian Telegraphers for their works shall be proved to
the satisfaction of the Chief of the Persian Telegraphs and the English Telegraph Officer, the
full period shall be curtailed, and the line made over altogether to the Persian Government.
XIX. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Teheran
within five months or sooner, if practicable.
Done at Teheran on the twenty-third of November, Anno Domini, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five.
VIII.
Telegraphic Convention between Great Britain and Persia for extending and securing
Telegraphic communication between Europe and India, signed in the English and
Persian Languages at Teheran, 2nd April 1808.
Her Majestf the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His
Majesty the King of all the Kingdoms of Persia, being desirous to extend and secure the
means of telegraphic communication between Europe and India, have resolved to conclude
a convention for that purpose, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries, i.e .—
Her Majesty the Queen of the L nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Charles
Alison, Esq., Ac., Ac.
And His Majesty the King of all the Kingdoms of Persia, His Excellency Meerza Saeed
Khan, Ac., Ac. And the aforesaid distinguished representatives, after meeting in the capital
of Teheran, and perusing and exchanging their letters of full power, and finding them in due
order, have concluded the following articles :—
Article 1. In order to provide against any possible accident to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
cable,
it is agreed between the high contracting Governments of England and Persia that the
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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].
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- 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.
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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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