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File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' [‎395v] (795/818)

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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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Dizful section only.
Para.6. Liberal compensation was no doubt agreed
to on account of the line having been appropriated by
force.
Para.7. 1 do not follow the reasoning of this
paragraph but assuming the argument to be sound why is
Mesopotamia willing to pay so long a price indefinitely
(see para, 13)? It would seem more prudent to set a
time limit to this figure and to propose a re-adjustment
at the end of the period to accord with the experience
gained during it, both sides to have access to the accounts
to be kept during the period.
There are no remarks required on paragraphs 8,
9 and 10.
Para.11. Wheh war broke out the only line from
Mohammerah to Dizful then existing was the old Persian
-Line since dismantled^ the new line from Ahv/az to Mohammerah
was no/t completed till the 19th December, 1914, from
Ahwaz to Shushter till the 27th January, 1915, and from
Shushter to Dizful till the 28th November, 1915. "To
revert to the status quo" (Sir P.Cox) or "to revert to
pre-war arrangements" (Col. Wilson) would connote the
displacement of the new line and replacement of the old
Persian line a state of things even Persia can hardly
desire. New arrangements in accordance with the terms
of the Anglo-Persian Agreement of the 4th January, 1913,
(Collection XXX) were in proce^ of evolution and had
not been completed when the IV^hamme rah- Dizful line was
appropriated by the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force "D".
Presumably all the Persians are now asking for is that
the terms of the Agreement shall be carried out and not
that the pre-war conditions shall be reverted to.
Para. 12. The fact that the pre-war rate from basra to
Europe

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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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