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Coll 35/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: postal administration' [‎54r] (107/411)

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The record is made up of 1 file (204 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1923-13 Mar 1939. It was written in English and French. 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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Brltlah Legation,
Tehran t
May 25th f 1927.
Monel^or le »4yant t J
I have had the honour to mention verbally to Your
£xoell«noy oomplainte in connection with the laelc of
efficiency In the Perrlan poetal Administration both in
Tehran and In the Provinces and I now feil compelled to
bring thie raatter formally to the notice of the Imperial
Perelan Government.
2. X continued to receive oompl&inte from British
residents in iehran that lettere sent from Persia to
places abroad fall to arrive at their destination. X
have myself had the seme experience. The Anglo Persian
Oil Company has complained to me that letters posted in
South Persia for abroad frequently fail to arrive. The
Company recently addressed a written complaint in thie
connection direct to the iilnistry of Posts and Telegraphs.
3. Lettea arriving in Tehran are habitually delayed for
several days in the Central Post Office before being
delivered as can be noted from the arrival stamp marked
on the envelopes. On the 23rd May a batch of lettere were
received at the Legation, on which the Tehran post offlos
stamp bore the date 18th May. 0; these letters three
were very important and the five days delay in their
delivery caused grave inconvenience, rheir envelopeshave
been sent to the Provincial Postmaster at Tehran for his
inspection.
4. For more than four years successive Persian Govern
ments have promised this Legation that an European
Director General of Posts will be engaged to supervise
the
His Excellency
Mirsa . athullah Khan PaKravan,
Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs*

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The file concerns the postal service in Persia and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The file contains:

  • Review of postal service in Persia [Iran] and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , with complaints of inefficiencies since their transfer under Persian administration, 1923
  • Bushire - Shiraz mail service, 1923
  • Proposed appointment of a Persian Director-General of Posts in Persia, whilst the Foreign Office was suggesting a Belgian to be appointed instead, 1924
  • Appointment of Prince Moazed-ed-Dowleh as Director General of Posts, 1924
  • Refusal of Persian Government to pay claims for loss of registered postal parcels, 1924
  • Transfer of the Indian Post Office of exchange from Duzdap [Zahedan] to Mirjawa [Mirjaveh], 1925
  • Transmission of parcels between Europe and Persia via Iraq, 1925
  • Additional parcel post service via Lebanon, Syria and Iraq to Tehran, 1926
  • Relations between Duzdap Railway authorities and Persian Customs administration, 1926
  • Proposal for establishing insured parcel service between Persia and India via Duzdap, 1928
  • Indian Exchange Post Office at Mirjawa, 1932; proposed closure of, 1939.

The file is composed of correspondence between: HM Legation at Tehran; HM Consulate for Sistan and Kain; the Foreign Office; 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. ; 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. ; the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs; the Secretary of State for India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the Superintendent of Post Offices for Baluchistan; and the General Post Office.

There are letters in French in the file, from the Universal Postal Union, from the Foreign Office to the Persian Government, and from the Director-General of the Persian Postal Service.

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1 file (204 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 205; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English and French in Latin script
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