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File 2976/1916 Pt 2 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph & road Bushire-Shiraz road' [128r] (253/294)
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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}Jo. Date
1917
19th June
was completed SOth April 1917.
Tel. from Viceroy. Recommends the route via
1 o,ng~i -Zagh and Saidahad for the new road from
Bunder Abbas to Kerman. The length is given
as 325 miles.
2nd Oct .
Tel. to Viceroy. Sanctions construction of
new road via Tang- 1 -Zagh. and Anaida,bad at
estimated cost 9
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
20th Dec.
1
Tel. from Viceroy. Recommends dismantling of
the existing telegraph line bunder AbbasfTang-
i-Zindan 'Daulokabad fBaft t Kermo,n and its trans
ference to the route to be followed by the new
road.
22nd Dec.
Mr Barker estimates cost of transfer at not
less than £18,000
24th Dec ,
Pel. to Viceroy. Presumes it is intended that
cost of transfer should be shared between
Br i tish and bndi an Ejc ch equers.
1918
24 th Jan .
Tel. from Viceroy. Intimates that cost of
transfer of telegraph line will depend on de-
!
cision regarding the incidence of cost of road
but suggesthat ci rcumstances mi ght just i fy
debiting whole cost to British Exchequer.
6th Mar.
Letter to Foreign Office and War Office pro-
posing,with their concurrence t to issue in
structions for the work of transferring the
telegraph line on lines recommended in Viceroif
telegram t also tho,t the cost estimated at
£20,000 should be borne in equal shares by
the British and Indian Exchequers.
12th Mar.
War Office concur m the proposed transfer of
the telegraph line.
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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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- File 2976/1916 Pt 2 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph & road Bushire-Shiraz road'
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- 3r:60v, 63r:70v, 72r:72v, 74r:77r, 77ar, 77v:85v, 85ar, 86r:148v
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