"تقرير عن المسح الأولي لمسار خط التلغراف الفارسي المركزي الممتد من كويته إلى بم وفهرة" [و‎‎٤] (١٦٢/١٢)

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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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