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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [310r] (624/818)
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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From the point of view o^the International
Telegraph service, Abada^ and Mohammerah are Persian
telegraph stations and, as such, are properly subject
to the same uniform notified Persian terminal rate
of 60 centimes as applies to all other Persian stations
which accept international messages.
In actual practice, however, the terminal
rates charged for these atations at the present time /
and pocKeted entirely by Mesopotamia^are the old
Mesopotamian rates of
(a) 10 centimes a word on Traffic with India and
trans India via Bombay, and
(b) 75 centimes a word on Traffic with trans
India via Madras
If \ messages should be received for these stations from
a foreign country, say Japan, the terminal rate collected
for them from the Sender would be the proper Persian
terminal of 60 centimes which has been notified to
all countries through the International Office at
Berne as applying to stations in Persia.
Thus the position regarding the Abadan and
Mohammerah terminal rates, as they are irregularly
applied by Mesopotamia, is anomalous and confusing.
International telegrams, according to the
International Telegraph Convention ; should follow
the normal, i.e.,the cheapest route, unless the
Sender orders otherwise. The normal route between
Persia and India is via Bushire ( or via the alterna
tive Central Persia line route). The rate Persia
to India by this route is made up as follows :
About this item
- 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 View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/326
- Title
- File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:147v, 149r:198v, 218r:311v, 313r:406v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence