File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [‎207v] (419/818)

XVI.
Persian
Governments to prolong,
Ti.'/.' i»„, ™. r p.~- »»• •*»
and Persian Languages at Tehran, 7th January 18,)^.
, ji ^ +La I Tnflprsii?ned duly authorised thereto by tlieir respective
It is hereby agree^ ^ n signed at Tehran on the second of December, one thousand
Governments, that th continuing tlie system of telegraphic communication
blfnhSope anil India through Persia, shall remain in force until the thirty-first of January,
one thousand^ine hundred^and^ ^ ^ thousand eight hundred and ninety-two,
beinginutalent to the sixth day of Jemadi as-Sani, one thousand three hundred and nine.
(ls) Frank C. Lascelles.
(l.s.) Signature of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Note _For Agreement extending the above Conventions up to 31st January 1945, see
No. XXX.
XVII.
Translation of a Telegraphic Convention between Russia and Persia,
24th May 1879 (E. Temade es Sanee, 129b).
The Government of His Imperial Majesty of all the Russians having determined to
connect their military commands across the Caspian with those m Russia by a telegrap me
in conjunction with telegraph wire now existing in Persia, is desirous to construct a line
for this object from Chekishler to Astrabad ; therefore the undersigned have agieed upon
the following articles.
Article I. The Government of His Imperial Majesty of Russia wi 1 at their own cost
construct a telegraph line from Chekishler to the town of Astrabad, so that it may be there
connected with the Persian Telegraph lines. „ ^ . , ,•
II The Government of His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia sanctions the construction
of that part of the line which may be in Persian territory between Chekishler and Astrabad.
The Russian Government will previously inform that of Persia which route may beciosen
for that part of the line, and the Persian Ministers will then immediately grant leave for
ltS III. The Persian Ministers will not consider themselves entitled to any recompense or
compensation for the construction of that part of the line between Chekishler and ^ s ra a
which may be in Persian territory, and they also engage not to claim custom duty ox am
material or implements which may be necessary for the construction and keeping m lepair o
this part of the line to be constructed between Chekishler and Astrabad.
IV. The Ministers of His Majesty the Shah undertakes as far as in them Res to protect
such part of the telegraph line from Chekishler to Astrabad as maybe in Peisia u leer
during construction or after completion. They engage to protect it and keep it m working
order, that is to say, its exploitation. ^ t a A i i ,.;il
V. The cost of repairing the whole of the telegraph line from Chekishler to Astra ba
rest with the Russian Government until the expiration of this Convention.
VI. After the erection of the telegraph line from Chekishler to Astrabad any te egrap
messages from Russian stations on the eastern coast of the Caspian will be receive , an
transmitted by the Persian telegraph lines. The Persian Ministers consent to the transmission
and receipt of telegraph messages by the Persian telegraph lines whether they be m Russian
or (any other) Foreign language, or in cypher ; (and) to give permission for the stationing o
Russian Telegraph officers at Persian Telegraph Stations from Julfa up to Astrabad itse , an^
wherever they may be deemed requisite for the transmission of messages in due oidei an
without delay. _ . p •
VII. The rights and duties of the Russian signallers who may reside in the iers
Telegraph Stations by virtue of Article VI of this Convention, the rules of their mterconrse
with the Persian Telegraph Department, and in conformity with the arrangement whic is
known in French as the “Declaration Ministeriel” concluded between the Persian an
Russian Governments on the 28th of October 1870, and will be as follows :
Francs.
For a message in transmit of 20 words from Astrabad to Julfa
From Julfa to Astrabad -
From places between Russian stations on the eastern side of the
Caspian to Teheran and other Telegraph stations situated to the
north of that place - - - - -
But from Russian Telegraph stations to the south of Tehran