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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [‎215v] (435/818)

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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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32
XXX.
Potat Britain and Persia extending the Concessions of the former
Agreement between ^ A 31sT j ANlIAUV 1925 in return for the.r a SS ,stance
™ RECONSruClTNO THE STSTEM OE TELEGRAPH L.NEE IN PERSIAN ArABISTAN (1913).
* No. 1.
Sir W. Townley to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received "lord January.)
Sir,
(No. 6 .
Tehran, 9th January 1913.
WltH rpfprenee to my telegram No. 9 of the 6 th instant, I have the honour to forward
to you herewith, in translation, copy of a final agreement signed by the Minister of Posts and
T JlJnnhs with the approval of the Cabinet, providing for the reorganisation of the Arabistan
'M line and e thfprolongation of the existing telegraph conventions to the year 1945
The agreement, which appears quite satisfactory, takes the form of a letter from the
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs to the Tehran Director of the Indo-European Telegraph
Department.
As the orioanai agreement was signed by my predecessor, I am putting the present
arrangement on record at the Ministry for. Foreign Affairs by sending His Highness AW
Sultaneh a copy of the document communicated to me by Mr. King ood.
I have the honour to enclose herewith -copy of my note m question to the Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
I have, Ac.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Note addressed to Chief Director of Telegraph Department of British Government.
(Tl I^replyto your letters on the subject of the repairs to the Arabistan line and substitution
of iron poles for wooden ones, I have the honour to inform you that as the convention referring
to this line dated the 28th Jemadi-ul-Ewel, 1337, which contained ten articles, had to he
approved by the Medjliss, and acted on accordingly, and as yet the said agreement has not
received the approval of the Medjliss in order to avoid any further delay m the repair of the
said line, and that the work be completed in the winter or next spring, I submitted my
proposals’ together with such amendments which I considered necessary in the articles of the
agreement of 1327, to the Cabinet Ministers of the Persian Government. In accordance with
the approval of the said respected representatives and this official letter it is permitted that
the Indo-European Telegraph Department, without delay, will take action to renew and
continue the Arabistan line with iron standards according to the following agreement, so that
the work may be completed by the end of the coming spring. ^
When the Medjliss will be again assembled the agreement of the year 1327, with the
amendments I have made in certain articles with the approval of the Cabinet Ministers of the
Persian Government, and which are enumerated in this document, will be submitted to the
Medjliss, with the exception of article 3, which refers to the extension of the three former
conventions, and which is now sanctioned : the remaining articles of the agreement m
review are to he submitted to the Medjliss for approval, and the Persian Government will
harmonise with the Indo-European Telegraph Department accordingly. It is evident that
as long as the Medjliss is not assembled the Ministry of Telegraphs will work with the
Indo-European Telegraph Department according to the articles of this agreement, which has
received the formal approval of the Cabinet Ministers of the Persian Government.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Agreement.
Article 1.—In order to improve telegraphic communication between Borasjun ami
Mobammerah and between Borasjun and Dizful it is agreed that from the date of the signature
of this agreement, under the direction and supervision of the chief director of the Telegraph
Department of the Exalted British Government, a line with iron standards will be erected
from Borasjun to Ahwaz, and from Ahwaz to Mohammerah, and from Ahwaz to Dizful; the
said lines will be connected with the Shiraz and Bushire lines in order that telegraphic
communications of the Arabistan line may be carried out with Tehran and Bushire.
Article 2.—The British Government agrees to pay, gratis, the cost of the erection of the
above-mentioned line, inclusive of iron poles, wire, insulators, &c.,upto the amount of 5,0006,
as well as an annual sum of 300L for the maintenance of the above-mentioned line from the
date of the commencement of the said work up to the year 1945 a.d.
After the completion of the said construction, and when the total expenditure is known,
the sum of 5,0006 will be deducted from the total expenditure, together with 3006 per annum,
•which is due by the British Government, as mentioned in this same article, and will go towards

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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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