File 2976/1916 Pt 1 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph and road'

Content

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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1 item (225 folios)

It is part of

File 2976/1916 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Bunder Abbas Kerman Telegraph and Road'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/608

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

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Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/608/1

History of this record

Date(s)

15 Jul 1916-20 Jun 1918 (CE, Gregorian)

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