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File 2976/1916 Pt 1 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph and road' [‎238r] (179/452)

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The record is made up of 1 item (225 folios). It was created in 15 Jul 1916-20 Jun 1918. 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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Cypher telegram to ^ir n .
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Foreign ortlce, September is tl! ,l9 17 . u 55
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X<m telegr m of June 30 th which should have teen
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roaa> ' y * re <i J rtliw Bunder-hbtns-Kerman
War Office coneider that the military importance of
improvement in tee cor-Trnr-i ■
- coi.sti acieion or the road is vt.ry
S^08,*t and consider thot t-oi - ,.
Ulat the political objections
r ^ ° nSer lha » ^rely the iear of official enquiry
on one part of the Persian Government and possible
criticism in the Persian r-reaq -i+ c
_ 1 Hcos, it is very desirable
mat progress in the matter should be made forthwith,
I cannot say at present that His Majesty's
Government win decide to adopt the change of attitude
advocated in your telegram N0( . 212 of the 17th aune..
bUt 1 Sh ° Uid 136 slad t0 loarn whether, in view of the
opinion expressed by the War office, you think that the
mauutr can without great risk be taken in hand.

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This part contains correspondence relating to the construction of a telegraph line and road from Bandar Abbas (or Bunder Abbas or Bander Abbas) to Kerman in Persia [Iran].

It includes 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 War Office, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India, as well as 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 and reference papers. It also includes: enclosures from the Foreign Office of copy correspondence with the Treasury, and Sir Charles Marling, HM Minister Tehran. The file additionally includes copy correspondence of the Government of India with the following: Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, Inspector-General, South Persia Military Police, Bandar Abbas; the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and HM Consul, Kerman.

It includes correspondence regarding the following subjects:

  • the perceived urgent military necessity of a Bandar Abbas to Kerman telegraph line and road to strengthen the British position in South Persia, in view of the establishment of the South Persia Military Police
  • the War Office supplying three hundred miles of iron wire for the construction of the telegraph line
  • the Secretary of State for India approving the proposal of the Government of India to proceed with the construction of the telegraph line without awaiting the conclusion of an agreement with the Persian Government
  • progress reports on the construction of the road and telegraph line from the Foreign Department of the Government of India
  • the route via Tang-i-Zagh and Saidabad being selected as the most suitable alignment for the road, and the cost of improving this route
  • the question of whether the military advantages of the road will outweigh possible political disadvantages which may arise from its construction
  • the proposed transfer of the Bunder Abbas-Kerman telegraph from its present alignment to that of the new ‘motorable’ road via Tang-i-Zagh and Saidabad
  • the construction of a temporary telephone line from Bandar Abbas to Tang-i-Zagh
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File 2976/1916 Pt 1 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph and road' [‎238r] (179/452), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/608/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054071716.0x000053> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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