‏"ملخص الأحداث والتدابير الرئيسية التي اتخذها سمو نائب الملك اللورد كرزون من كيدليستون، نائب الملك والحاكم العام للهند في إدارة الخارجية. ‏I‏. يناير ١٨٩٩-أبريل ١٩٠٤. ‏II‏. ديسمبر ١٩٠٤-نوفمبر ١٩٠٥. المجلد IV. بلاد فارس والخليج الفارسي." [و‎‎٩‎٠] (٣٨٦/١٨٤)

CHAPTER XI.
Telegraphs.
In 1898 it was found tliat tlie submarine cables between Karachi, .Task,
1 1! .. s i.j rc V y ere in a decaying condition and the l)irector-m-Chief of tlie
Trulo European Telegraph Department suggested that, instead of replacing tnem,
an overiand telegrapT line P S hould be constructed from Persia to connect with
the Indian system either at Karachi or at Quetta.
2 The Government of India on being consulted replied in January 1899,
that the cable to the Gulf Ports was a necessity and must he maintained, but
they considered that the advantage of an alternative land line through Kermi »
B-im to Karachi or Quetta would be indisputable and, at that time, were
incline™to favour the route from Regan aid Ladisand the newly opened trade
route to Quetta rather than to Karachi which was later considered better, ilr.
Armstrong was sent to examine the route and submitted a report in the summer
of 1899. His opinion was against the l^ushki route to Ladis or Ko i-i- a 1 v >
and Mr. Wood of the European Telegraph Department who simul aneous y
examined some southern routes pronounced the country from Regan or Pahr '
Gwadur as unsuited for a telegraph line because it was di&cult and unsettled
The Secretary of State was informed of these facts in September 1899 and the
conclusion drawn was that the line should go from Regan ^ Karachi apparently
^rmiXthe Kei yalley and Las Bela. The Secretary of State replied that an
officer n of the Indo-European Telegraph Department
Tj nTY1T)lir to Karachi and that meanwhile the direction of the line east ot I3ampur
should he left open He enclosed memoranda from Mr. Efrach recommending
f fr sh survey o? the Nushki route to Ladis and Robat by the improved road
a tiesn sura y r-nitain Webb Ware south of the Koh-i-Sultan. Mr.
of Ijooto U,. ^ Hi.
eriSmson the whole were unfavourable, but they were based principally on
the views he personally held with regard to the Nushki-Seistan trade rou e.
3. Meanwhile the Persian Government had been approached and on
Ifith August 1901 a Convention was signed at lehran by Sn A. Ilai g
S® whoever possible, inhabited districts. The line was to be built under the
national line m Persia and was to be hnancea oy x re venuo of the
quarters of'sucti'rental to^Sd' ^tuSh^^S
them for the advances made, and one-quarter to be paid aunnally « ? er , ia “
Government The selection of the route to be fo lowed by the line trom
Kerman to India was one of importance and considerable diffleu^.^ Prom
Ke^an ^^^l^frdrt’oTetl.a -Kl Ldeavour to subserve the
constructed and managed by Russian Agency, was rapiaiyappr n t ^
tion. The authorities of the Indo-European Tele p rap P conthorlv route
charge of the cons! ruction of the new line, strongly Tenable hem
P 0l». .f Vi» i Si, A. Uardingc ..d M,,«