Coll 28/72 ‘Persia. Telegraph stations at Jask; Question of Persian encroachments and realignment of boundary.’ [‎70r] (139/219)

I.
Agreement between Great Britain and the Chiefs of the Pirates Coast.
Additional Article for the Protection of the Telegraph Line and Stations, agreed
to before Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelley, Acting 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. , Persian
Gulf, and appended to the Treaty of Peace of the 4th May 1853. {Concluded
with the Chief of Unimoul Keiwei/n, the Chief of Idjmau, the Chie f of Delay, the
Chief of the Bemyas and the Chie f of the doasmees.)
Whereas under date 25th Rajub 1269 (4th M ay 1853) we, Chief of the Toasniees,
Chief of the Beniyas, Chief of Ununool Keiweyn, Chief of Liman, Chief of Debay, did
agree to a perpetual Treaty of Peace at sea, and whereby our vessels have been
respected and our commerce increased ; and whereas the British Government, in the
further interests of commerce and of the general peace, are preparing telegraphic lines
and stations at various points in or near the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , we do hereby engage for
ourselves, our heirs and successors, to respect and abstain from all and every inter
ference with the said telegraphic operations that may be carried on by the said British
Government in or near our territory. And in the event (which God forbid) of any of
our subjects or dependents committing an act of aggression or tres])ass on the said
telegraphic lines and stations or other telegraphic material, we will immediately
punish the offender and proceed to afford full redress upon the same being brought to
our notice.
The telegraphic line being intended for the common good, our subjects and
dependents shall be permitted to send messages by the telegraph at such rates of
payment as may be paid by British subjects.
II.
Translation of an Agreement with the Jam of Beila, dated the 21st December 1861
Whereas it is in contemplation to carry on as far as India the communication
now opened between Great Britain and other high States of Europe and Asia by
continuing the Line of Electric Telegraph from Constantinople and Bagdad through
Persia and Baluchistan to Karachi, and whereas, in the prosecution of this scheme of
universal benefit, it has become necessary to take measures for the security and
protection of the said contemplated line, the high Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. have
deputed Major E. J. Goldsmid, for the special purpose of entering into such negotiations
with the several Chiefs holding territory between Karachi and Guadur, as may be
deemed necessary for the due furtherance of the aforesaid undertaking.
Now the line of coast from the Hubb River to Khos Kulmut or its vicinity, a
distance of 240 measured miles, being within the Territory of Jam Meer Khan, Chief
of Lus Beyla, the undersigned, Major E. J. Goldsmid, on the part of the British
Government and with the knowledge and consent of its firm ally, Khodadad Khan,
Ruler of the Sovereign State of Khelat, hereby makes agreement with dam Meer Khan
aforesaid, for the construction, maintenance and protection of the Line of Telegraph
between the above-mentioned places.
The detailed agreement is as follows : —
I. The materials for the line may be landed on any part of the coast between the
Hubb River and Khos Kulmut, and all reasonable assistance will be rendered by the
local authorities in ensuring its security and facilitating its construction, due payment
being made for labour or articles supplied.
II. There will be two telegraph stations erected for the residence and office of
Signallers, one at Sonmeanee and one at Ormara.
III. All individuals authoritatively employed in the construction, maintenance or
use of the line aforesaid shall receive such protection and assistance from the local
authorities as will enable them to prosecute their work without let or hindrance, due
payment to be made for labour or articles supplied.
IV. A sum of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 10,0()0' ::: ' yearly shall be paid by 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. at
Khelat to the Jam of Beyla, on the understanding that he keeps up an establishment
* The amount of yearly payment must depend on further reference as to the actual work required.
Hut the undersigned is of opinion that tin* full sum may he double that fixed for the pay of a watching
establishment here entered. For instance, supposing such establishment to he Rs. 830 per mensem, the
yearly amount would be Ks. 3,960, of which the double would he Hs. 7,920. This would be estimated in
round nu mbers at Rs. 8,000.
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