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File 5646/1918 'Persia and Mesopotamia: future telegraphic arrangements' [49r] (107/303)
The record is made up of 1 volume (146 folios). It was created in Sep 1916-1 Jul 1920. 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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Dated 4:th October, 1919.
(Deceived 3th, 6.30 p.m.}
i^). 11749. Your telegram of September 25th. Relative
advantages of routes via Central Yurope and via Mediterranean
v/lll doubtless be considered by Imperial Communications
Committee.
If nearly-all-red route via Mediterranean is considered
more desirable, Company T s hand could be forced by a counter
proposal to lay Government cables. Whatever route is
selected, it is most important no concessions be granted to
Company within limits of Mesopotamia and I would urge most
strongly that every effort be made to extend section of
route under Government control up to Musso-Persian frontier
on one side and up to lleppo or MLexandretta on the other.
It is also important (• direct) line from Masvin to
MhaniMin be placed under control of Indo-Buropean Telegraph
Department, and not of Company.
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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.
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This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the importance of re-establishing telegraphic communication between India and England via the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Mesopotamia [Iraq] to Mediterranean ports under British control.
The papers notably cover the following: postwar reorganisation of the telegraph communication, including the rebuilding of lines, re-establishing of old routes, introducing new routes, and proposals submitted by the Indo-European Company; relations with and between the Indo-European Company, Indo-European Department and the Eastern Telegraph Company.
Also included in the volume are the following documents:
- ‘A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Mekran, September 1916’ (ff 127-144)
- ‘Indo-European Telegraph Department. Statement showing Amounts paid into and drawn out of the Indian Joint Purse by the Department to the year 1917-1918’ (f 122)
- ‘War cabinet. Imperial Communications Committee's proposed diversion of the Indo-European Telegraph Company’s route of India’ (ff 58-65)
- Four maps in showing the lines of telegraphic communication between Europe and India passing through Persia [Iran] and Mesopotamia (ff 13, 14, 37 and 123).
The volume comprises internal correspondence between British officials of different departments. The principal correspondents are: the Committee of Imperial Defence, Imperial Communications Committee; Sir Rayner Barker, Director-in-Chief of the Indo-European Department; the Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia [also known as Civil Commissioner, Baghdad]; the Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia; the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council; and the General Post Office.
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- 1 volume (146 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 144; 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. Multiple intermittent additional foliation sequences are also present. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 5646/1918 'Persia and Mesopotamia: future telegraphic arrangements'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:12v, 15r:22v, 23ar:23av, 23v:66v, 68r:81v, 83r:114v, 115ar:115av, 115v:118v, 119ar:119av, 119v:122v, 124r:144v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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