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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [‎206r] (416/818)

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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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now provided that the British employes of the Telegraph Department being charged with
public duties shall be everywhere placed under the special protection of the local authorities,
who shall furnish guards when necessary, and otherwise assure their personal safety.
HI. Until the completion of the third wire provided for by the above Article I., the
appropriation of the existing first and second wires for local and international messages shall
remain as at present, viz., as regulated by Article VIII. of the Convention of the 23rd November
1865.
IV. After the completion of the third wire, notice of which will be given to the Persian
Government by the Director of the English staff, the appropriation of the three wires shall be
as follows:—
The first wire, viz., the one set up originally in 186d, shall be used for local traffic, while
the second and third wires shall be used for international traffic, with the exceptions herein
after specified in Article VI.
V. To prevent any confusion in the working of the different wires, the first wire shall
be worked by Persian Government employes, and the second and third wires by English
Government employes, separate rooms being provided by the Persian Government for the
said English and Persian employes in telegraph offices considered suitable by both
Administrations.
AT. (a) Should the first wire be broken at any time, one of the others shall be temporarily
lent for Persian correspondence, until communication by the first wire is restored, provided
always that both the second and third wires are at the time in good working order throughout
their length, and free from contact.
( 6 ) Should the first wire be in contact with either the second or third wire while the
remaining wire is clear, the wire in contact with the first wire shall be insulated to allow
free working by the Persian employes on the first wire until the contact is removed.
(c) Should the first wire be in contact with the second or third while the remaining one is
interrupted, or should both second and third wires be interrupted ; or should all three wires
at any time be in contact the resultant single line shall be used by the English and Persian
Administrations in the respective proportions of two-thirds to one-third of the day, the exact
hours to be fixed by mutual agreement between the English and Persian Directors.
ATI. The revenue derived from the local traffic on the Persian wire shall belong entirely
to the Persian Government. By local traffic are meant messages originating at one Persian
station and terminating at another Persian station.
ATII. The Persian Government having already made an arrangement with the Indo-
European Telegraph Company, regarding the revenue derived from the Indo-European traffic,
the English Government will abide by that agreement so far as they are concerned ; that is to
say, the Persian Government, in consideration of a fixed annual payment by the said Company
of either 12,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. or of two francs per message of 20 words, renounces all claims to any
portion of the revenue from transit traffic over the line from Julfa (on the Russian frontier) to
Bushire. This revenue shall therefore be divided between the English Government and the
Indo-European Company in such manner as they themselves may decide, and the accounts
between them shall be settled without the intervention of the Persian Government.
As regards international messages originating or terminating in Persia, the Persian
Government agrees to cede to the English Government, for a term of three years, the entire
Persian terminal tax on such messages in consideration of a fixed annual payment of
2,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. to be paid to Persia by the English Government. After the three years the
Persian Government shall be free, either to accept an annual payment calculated on the basis
of two-thirds of the average terminal receipts, or to claim two-thirds of the receipts from all
bond fide terminal messages. The Persian Government agrees to leave it to the sense of justice
of the English Government to decide vdiich are bond fide terminal messages, and which are to
considered as transit messages, being forwarded to Persia evidently for the purposes of being
re-transmitted to other countries.
During the time this Treaty remains in force, the Persian Government engages itself to
oppose at the International Telegraph conferences any alteration in the present transit and
terminal rates, unless a previous agreement with the English Government shall have been
made.
IX. The English administration being responsible for the correct transmission of all
international messages and for the adjustment of the accounts, will collect the payments
for these messages according to the rates of the prevailing International Telegraph
Convention.
All international messages originating in Persia shall, before transmission, be registered
and sealed by officials appointed by the Persian Government. International messages
terminating in Persia shall be delivered to the addressees through the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. of the
same officials, who shall be bound to give receipts for such messages to the English
Administration.
The Persian Administration shall at all times have free access to the English offices and to
all records connected with international traffic. International messages are those which pass
over the wires of more than one State.

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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
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