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Coll 28/25 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Negotiations re Mirjawa – Duzdap line etc.’ [‎28r] (55/74)

The record is made up of 1 file (35 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1931-1 May 1931. It was written in English. 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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EHM/AW,
(46 groups)
2X45o
DECYPHER OF TELEGRAM^
Prom Government of India p Foreign and
Political Department, to Secretary
of State for India repeating telegram
{COPIES addressed to Tehran,
CIRCULATED) ' ' •
Dated Delhi, 28th March, 1931c
Received 29th March, 1931, 6,55
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9 26.>S 0 Addressed to Tehran 26~T ? repeated to
Secretary of State for India 6
Continuation-of Government of India’s telegram
dated 20th March, 24~T. Mirja\va~Duzdap telegraph line. Of
five wires r two are required for railway purposes and must he
( : J operated) by the railway staff, and it would be extremely
inconvenient administratively to hand ever the other three to
any other agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . Government of India would be grateful
therefore if endeavours were made to insert a clause in the
agreement to the of 1 act that there will be no change in the
present position east cf Duzdap pending the settlement of the
Duzdap railway question. Question cf Pare lane being allowed
jugh oommunication by this route (vide your telegram of the
lien instant, 41) is under consideration and a reply will be
sent as soon as possible.

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Correspondence exchanged between the Department of Industries and Labour of the Government of India, the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive; Raymond Cecil Parr), and 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. (John Gilbert Laithwaite), concerning the status of the Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] to Duzdap [Zahedan] telegraph line in Persia [Iran], chiefly used by the North Western Railway, in light of the Indo-European Telegraph Department’s withdrawal from Persia, and the handing over of telegraph cables and stations in Persia to the Persian Government. The correspondence discusses if a clause regarding the Mirjawa to Duzdap telegraph line should be inserted into the agreement for the transfer of telegraph operations, under negotiation between the British and Persian Governments.

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1 file (35 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 37; 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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Coll 28/25 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Negotiations re Mirjawa – Duzdap line etc.’ [‎28r] (55/74), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3422, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100039977413.0x000038> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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