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File 2976/1916 Pt 2 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph & road Bushire-Shiraz road' [63r] (121/294)
The record is made up of 1 item (145 folios). It was created in 3 Jul 1918-14 Mar 1922. 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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Prom - His Britannia Majesty's Consul Kerman,
To - The Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign and Political Department,Delhi
(Addressed Teheran repeated Bushire and General staff
Shiraz.)
N0.2-C.
Dated the 5th
„ ,, , torch 1919.
ittcd* th« 6th
Ordtrs hav« b«tn rtctivfd for work on Bandtr Abbas
Oaidaoad road to bt stopped and both Labour Corps to bi
immediately withdrawn* I havt sten Major Lewis offictr in
chargt of road construction and hi guarantees that if ht
is allowid to kitp Labour Corps at work till tnd of April
hi will git road through 2agh and past fiw remaining
difficult points nsar Gulira Hajiabad thus making road
passabli for motors throughout* Lowla says that hiat will
not prtvsnt men working up to tnd of April,
It stems a pity that all work dons up to dati
should bi thrown away for sake of immediate withdrawal
of labour Corps and to prevent this I would bi grateful
if you could urge Government to postpone withdrawal of
Labour Corns at least till end of April and order imme
diate resumption of work*
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The file mainly consists of papers relating to the Bunder Abbas to Kerman telegraph line and road in Persia [Iran]. It includes correspondence regarding: the diversion of the Bunder Abbas to Kerman telegraph line via Tarum and Saidabad; the estimated cost of constructing this new telegraph line; the total expenditure on the Bunder Abbas [or Bandar Abbas or Bander Abbas] to Kerman road; and the decision of the Government of India to discontinue work on the telegraph line and the road due to the cost involved.
The file also includes some papers relating to the development of various roads in Persia, railways in Persia, and the Bushire to Shiraz road.
The papers in the file consist of correspondence 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. minutes, including correspondence between 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. and the following: the Foreign Office; the War Office; and the Government of India Foreign Department and Army Department.
The map shows the province of Fars in Persia [Iran], dated 1911 (IOR/L/PS/10/608, f 54). It shows features including camel paths, mule paths, foot paths, telegraph lines and deserted villages, and hydrology, and it provides some indication of relief. The map was published under the direction of Colonel S G Burrand, Officiating Surveyor General of India.
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- Title
- File 2976/1916 Pt 2 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph & road Bushire-Shiraz road'
- Pages
- 3r:60v, 63r:70v, 72r:72v, 74r:77r, 77ar, 77v:85v, 85ar, 86r:148v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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