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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra' [‎4r] (12/162)

The record is made up of 1 volume (77 folios). It was created in 1901. 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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Osmanieh adorned with Diamonds, and of the First Order of
Leopold (of Austria), and of the First Order of Leopold (of
Belgium), and of the Order of St. Alexander adorned with
Diamonds, &c., &c., &c. ;
And the aforesaid distinguished Representatives, after meeting
at Tajrisch in the neighbourhood of the capital of Tehran and
perusing and exchanging their full powers, which were found in
good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following
Articles :—
ARTICLE I.
With the view of securing uninterrupted communication be
tween Europe and India, it is agreed that, in addition to the
present line of telegraph from Tehran to Bushire and submarine
cable thence to India, already established in virtue of previous
Treaties, a three-wire line of telegraph shall be constructed by the
Persian Government from Kashafi to the Baluchistan frontier, via
Yezd and Kerman, traversing wherever possible inhabited
districts.
ARTICLE II.
In order that the line of telegraph may be constructed in a
complete and effective manner, the Persian Government agrees
that it shall be built under the direction and supervision of the
British Telegraph Staff now controlling the international line in
Persia, the British Government advancing to the Persian Govern
ment the salaries and allowances of the men actually employed
on the work.
ARTICLE III.
The British Government agrees to procure for the Persian
Government at a reasonable price all the posts, wire, insulators,
&c., that may be requisite for this work, and to arrange for the
carriage of the - stores to the sites required, receiving payment for
the same without interest as hereinafter provided. An account
of the expenses incurred for this purpose, and certified, in so far as
they have been incurred in Persia, by the Persian Telegraph
Department, and in so far as they have been incurred outside
Persia, by the British Government, shall be submitted as early as
possible to the Persian Government.
ARTICLE IY.
The Persian Government agrees to lease the use and the
transit revenue of the line, which is its property, when complete to
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A report by Mr H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department. Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1901. The report is a survey of a potential route for extending a telegraph line from India to Persia, running from Quetta to Bam, with an alternative route going to Pahra. The volume contains a description of the routes taken, estimates of cost, and notes on alignment, marking out, location of offices, shelter huts for linestaff, maintenance, water, sand, supplies, climate, and the Quetta-Siestan [Sistan] trade route.

Throughout the report are black and white photographs of the route that accompany the descriptions (folios 26,28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 46, 49, 51, 52, 63, 67, 70, and 71). Folio 23 is a map showing the route taken. Enclosed at the front of the volume is a copy of the 'Convention between The United Kingdom and Persia extending the System of Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India Through Persia', 1902 (folios 2-6), and twelve loose sheets of manuscript notes on the report written by George Curzon (folios 7-18).

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1 volume (77 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 79; 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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