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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [‎216r] (436/818)

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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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tlie capital account, and whatever balance still remains outstanding will, with the approval of
the Ministry of the^ Persian Telegraphs, be due by the Persian Government to the British
Government, and is to be paid by the former Government to the latter up to the year
1945 a.d.
Article 3.—In return for the expenditure mentioned in Article 2 which the British
Government pays, gratis, for the construction and maintenance of the said line, the Persian
Government agrees that the period of the following agreements shall be extended and remain
in force up to the 1st January 1945 a.d., viz.: the Telegraph Convention of the 2nd April
1863 a.d. ; the Telegraph Convention of the 2nd December 1872 a.d. ; the Telegraph
Convention of the 16th August 1901 a.d.
Article 4.—The salaries of the telegraph clerks and other employes, such as gholams,
ferrashes, inspector, battery men, cost of instrument and rent of telegraph offices, is to be
defrayed by the Persian Telegraph Administration.
Article 5.—In order to ensure the proper and continual working of the above-mentioned
lines the director of the Telegraph Department of the exalted British Government will
appoint an inspector, with the approval of the Ministry of the Persian Telegraphs, for the
maintenance and safeguard of the line up to 1945 a.d. The gholams who are to safeguard
the line, and who are Persian subjects, are to be under the orders of the said inspector, and
the pay and allowance of the inspector will be fixed by the Ministry of Telegraphs in
consultation with the Director of the Telegraph Department of the exalted British
Government prior to the commencement of the work.
Article 6 .—The Persian Government, i.e., Minister of Telegraphs, has to appoint a Persian
clerk at all the principal stations for all time to be conversant in foreign language to deal with
international traffic.
Article 7.—The Persian Government agrees not to appoint in the telegraph offices of the
above-mentioned lines, without the consent of the director of the Telegraph Department of
the British Government, any individual except Persian subjects or an employe of the
Indo-European Telegraph Department.
Article 8 .—It is agreed that up to 1945, should the Persian Government wish to extend
the Arabistan lines to any other points, and in case they should be in need of foreign
assistance, that assistance must be requested from the British Government.
Article 9.—One month prior to the construction of the line the Indo-European Telegraph
Department is to ask the Minister of Telegraphs for a representative, who has to accompany
the inspector from the beginning of the construction work up to its completion, and all the
expenditure which is to be incurred on the construction of the line is to be disbursed with
the knowledge of the said representative.
Article 10.—During the construction of the above-mentioned line, it is to be noticed that
the new line is to run through all the existing stations, and the line material which is at
present available on the existing line, after connecting one station with another, will be
dismantled, collected, and handed over to the representative of the Persian Government.
Moshteshar-ed-Dowleh.
(Seal) The Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs,
Public Works and Commerce.
Tehran, 4th January 1913.
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Sir IE. Townley to Ala-es-Sultaneh.
Tehran,
M. le Ministre, 9th January 191o.
. Your Highness is doubtless fully cognisant of the arrrangement proposed to the director
at Tehran of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, respecting the reorganisation of the
Arabistan telegraph lines, and the prolongation of the existing Telegraph Conventions to 1945,
by His Excellency the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, with the sanction of the Cabinet.
I am submitting this document to my Government, but, as the original agreement was
signed by my predecessor and His Excellency Saad-ed-Dowleh on the 17th June 1909, I have
the honour to transmit herewith to your Highness copy of the letter from the Minister of Posts
and Telegraphs, which has been communicated to me by Mr. King \\ ood, director at Tehran
of the Indo-European Telegraph Convention.
I have, &c.,
Walter Townley

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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].

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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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English and French in Latin script
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