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'File No. II/12 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re: affairs in Persia and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Jan '09 --' [‎76r] (151/178)

The record is made up of 1 volume (87 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1909-19 Jan 1914. 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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no Minister would dare consent to an ex
change of telegraphs, and that the scheme must
consequently be postponed, as otherwise the
Arabistan Convention would certainly fall
through.
The Arabistan Convention was signed on
the 17th June. The following is the text:—
Article I .—To improve the telegraphic
communication between Borazjun and Moham-
merah, and Borazjun and Dizful, it is arrang
ed that from the date of this agreement until
January 1945 the above-mentioned telegraph
lines shall be under the control and supervi
sion of the British Government Telegraph
Officials now controlling the International
lines in Persia.
Article II .—The British Government
agrees to pay for the cost of the construction
and the establishment of the above-mentioned
lines, such as iron posts, wire, insulators, &c.,
which may be required, up to £5,000, and also
to pay an annual sum of £300 on account of
the maintenance of the above-mentioned lines,
and the pay of a mechanician up to the year
1945. Other expenses, such as the changing
of the wooden posts for iron ones, and the
annual expenses of the maintenance of the
above-mentioned lines, which may be in
excess of the £5,000 and the annual amount
of £300, shall, after the completion of the work
and the submission of the accounts, be paid
gradually to the British Telegraph Depart
ment by the Persian Government.
Article III. —In return for the expenses
incurred gratis by the British Government,
and referred to in Article II for the construc
tion and maintenance of the above-mentioned
lines, the Persian Government agrees to con
sider the following Conventions to be in force
and binding up to the 1st January J 945 :—
the Telegraph Convention of 2nd April 1868;
the Telegraph Convention of 2nd December
1872; the Telegraph Convention of 16th
August 1901.
Article IV. —The pay of the telegraphists
and other workmen, such as gholams and
farrashes, batterries and instruments, and the
hire of telegraph offices, will be borne by the
Persian Telegraph Department.
Article V. —Guards and telegraph
gholams, who must be Persians, will be re
quired for the maintenance of the above-
mentioned lines ; the control and payment of
these will be in the hands of the Director and
British Staff.
Article VI. —In order to ensure the pro
per working of these telegraph lines, the
British Director will be at liberty to station
British telegraphists, at the expense of the
British Government Telegraph Department,

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The volume mainly comprises printed reports for each month from January to August 1909 entitled 'Memoranda of information received during the month of ... relating to affairs in Persia, and the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. The memoranda are dated and despatched by the Officiating Deputy Secretary to the Government of India (L W Reynolds). Also included in the file are letters of instruction from Deputy Secretary to the Government of India to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait, emphasising the confidential nature of the reports and with instructions on the procedure of transfer and acknowledgement to be followed by successive Political Agents. Also included in the file are letters of receipt from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait (William Henry Irving Shakespear; Stuart George Knox; William George Grey).

Each memorandum includes a table of contents. Topics covered in the memoranda include:

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1 volume (87 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; 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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