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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [‎291r] (586/818)

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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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sidency and Consulate-Ooneral,
th December 1921 . *
The Hon'ble Lieut-CoU Trevor, C.B.I., c.i.fi,.
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. ,
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tpThe_Hon*ble Mr. D. de S. Bray, C,i,B,,c.B.a,,
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in the Foreign and Political Department,
Delhi,
Subject:- Mesopotamia Tele^ .
Consulate.
Office at Mohacrnerah
Sir,
In coninuation of my letter Ho. 448-S of today I have
the honour to refer to that portion of the letters forming
the first enclosure which refers to the Telegraph Office in
Mohammerah Consulate.
When the first portion of I.E.F.D. came up the Shatt-
al-Arab and took Basrah telegraphic communication between
Basrah and Mohammerah was found to be very bad, and it was
decided to join Mohammerah Consulate by a short cable with
This was done and an Indo-European Telegraph Department Office
the Basrah Fao telegraph'line and open an office^bpened in
Mohammerah Consulate when I was there as Consul at the end
of 1914.
The Indo-European Telegraph Department Office remained
for some time, but as Mohammerah was in Persia and Basrah
in Occupied Turkish territory the Indo-European Telegraph
Department had to charge international rates. This resulted
in unnecessary expense and inconvenience, and the office
first, I think, became an I.E.F. Telegraph Office and then
later when the Mesopotamia Telegraph Department was
established certainly became a Mesopotamian Office which it
still is.
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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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