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File 2976/1916 Pt 1 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph and road' [‎309r] (321/452)

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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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Telegram R., No. 148, dated the 27th (received 28th) November 1916.
Prom—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To-The Sectary ^ the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Your telegram No. 566-S., August 24th.
...irCKS-M" ! *" tot Major Rioh
above and constructor is ready to start actual wnrV TtJ route ,
Sll ? E d f y dd e 0 i 8 i °d a iS deSirable “ mules kb^urerrarVSing krais
^ a an( ^ f°dder indent will otherwise have to be annulled. b
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Telegram R. } No. 1091-C., dated the 28th (received 29th) November 1916.
From— Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Sykes, K.C.I.E, C.M.G. Shiraz
To-The Secreta^to the Government of India in the Foreign’ and Political Depart-
(Kepeated Bushire, Chief of the General Staff and Tehran.)
Would not it be possible for engineer accustomed to building frontier
roads to be sent to 30 m Major Rich ? Chief difficulty is the Tangizindan area
Ibis belt of mountains is very difficult wherever crossed and it appears it is for
road engineer rather than survey officer to decide line. Delay of decision
means serious delay of construction of telegraphs and taking over road by new
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Telegram No. 100 (Confidential), dated the 29th November 1916.
From— Major E. T. Rich, R.E., Bunder Abbas,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi.
Having reconnoitred sixty miles Bunder Abbas, Daulatabad, Baft-Kerman
route consider present state impracticable motors and incapable improvement
through fangizindan. _ By desire of Sykes, who considers important to keep
to Daulatabad-Baft line am now trying to find detour to east thrombi
Uulasbkird avoiding defile and rejoining road at Daulatabad. This however
lengthens route by fifty miles.
Please repeat Chief, General Staff.
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Telegram R., No. 1112-C., dated the 30th November (received 1st December) 1916.
From—S ir;P. Sykks, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., Shiraz,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department.
(Addressed Bunder Abbas, repeated Bushire and Tehran; latter please inform Director of
Telegraphs.)
Your telegram No. 618. Failing line about 20 miles east of Tangizindan
which I have explored Major Rich should try other lines, but mountains are
even more difficult elsewhere, and I think effort should be made to construct
**oad along or near direct route. There are no serious difficulties north of

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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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