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File 5646/1918 'Persia and Mesopotamia: future telegraphic arrangements' [78r] (165/303)
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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From De&r-ez-Zor a line should he huilt via the
Khahur River and Bel ed Sinjar to laosul •
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This with the route along the Euphrates to Baghdad
and a branch cable from a Palestine port to Crete or Cyprus
will give ample alternative All-British fcoutes.
Other routes proposed such as Suez Akaoa Koweit
together with the suggestion of the Indo-European Company to
work the internal communications of Mesopotamia by means of
wireless are of so little practical value as to be nou
worth considering.
There remains the question of property and
concessions owned by the Indo-European Company in Southern
Russia and northern Persia and of capital sunk in the
Central Persian route by the Indo-European teKpsuqc jbsx
Department, with which I am not concerned, but which should
not be allowed to affect the main issue at point*
As regards the Indo-European Company:- If it should
be under consideration to enter upon a general revision
of concessions and spheres it would appear to be an
opportune moment to extend the sphere oi the Indo-European
Department and limit that of the Indo-European Company to
the Russo Persian frontier*
Sir Percy Cox in his telegram 1045 of December 12th
to the Foreign Office states that the position of the Indo-
European Department in Persia should be jealously preserved
and efficient telegraph communication between Baghdad and
Teheran must be maintained.
The extension of the sphere of the Indo-European
Department to the Russo Persian frontier, in aciQ.ition to
effecting a centralised British control over all communica
tions in Persia, will enable the Mesopotamian Administration
to hand over to the Indo-European Department when the time
arrives, the lines re-constructed and maintained by,this
Department between Khaniqin and Enzeli.
£
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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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