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Coll 28/71 ‘Persia. Wireless Stations operated by the I. & I. C. Ltd. in Persia.’ [118v] (236/467)
The record is made up of 1 file (232 folios). It was created in 23 Aug 1932-1 Jul 1937. It was written in English and French. 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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*o noifo*# BOlmcno^ naai nifiaa^ti Xti^dA m**
..taJXa* ,.l.*.V •irlbi * ailaltli eta/5*»■‘soar r ij e i: r (M
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Persian Government, as from the 1 st March, 1931, the following tele
graph lines :—
Tehran to Bush ire,
Tehran to Zahidan (Duzdab).
Robat to Zabul (Seistan). . . . .
Kerman to Bandar-Abbas,
Bandar-Abbas to Hen jam,
together with all gholams’ huts and telephone stations and such
stores as may at present be lying along the lines for the purpose of tueir
maintenance.
2 . The Government of the United Kingdom and the Government
of India also hand over to the Persian Government all telegraph instru
ments, office furniture and office stores used for the purpose of working
the lines.
3. It is understood that the Indo-European Telegraph Department
ceases to be responsible for the maintenance of the Khuzistan line.
Article 2.
1 . The telegraph buildings situated at the following places and
belonging to the Indo-European Telegraph Department are handed
over to the Persian Government as from the 1 st March, 1931 :—
Tehran sub-division—
Aliabad.
Deb a bad.
Shiraz sub-division—
Sivand.
Dasht-i-Arjan.
Konartakhteh.
Yezd sub-division—
Ardakan.
Mehdiabad.
Kerman sub-division
Kamalabad.
Tahrud.
Daulatabad.
Pur.
Frontier sub-division
Fahrej.
Shurgaz.
Kahurak.
Sipeh.
Dahaneh.
Hurmuk.
Girdi.
2 . The Indo-European Telegraph Department will be free, as
from the 1st March, 1931, to dispose of all other buildings in its posses
sion, namely, the residences of the director, assistant-director, and
superintendent at Tehran, the director’s house at Gulhek, and the
staff quarters and club in the Chahar-rah-i-Seyyid ’Ali quarter of
Tehran, as well as the departmental buildings at Shiraz, Kerman and
Isfahan.
Article 3.
The high contracting parties mutually agree to cancel all debts and
claims existing between them in relation to telegraph matters.
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Correspondence concerning the importation of stores and equipment for wireless stations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (at Bushire, Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], Jask, and Charbar [Chabahar]) operated by Imperial and International Communications Limited (I&ICL), amid the handover of the stations to the Persian Government. The file is a chronological continuation of papers found in Coll 28/26 ‘Relations with H.M.G Importation of Stores for I.E.T.D. Staff’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3423). The correspondence focuses on the payment of customs duty on materials imported by I&ICL, and efforts to negotiate an exemption of the payment of duty with the Persian Government. The file’s principal correspondents are: various representatives of I&ICL; HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran; the Foreign Office.
The file includes a printed copy of the 1932 agreement (in English and French) between the British and Persian Governments, for the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia (ff 116-119).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (232 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 233; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/71 ‘Persia. Wireless Stations operated by the I. & I. C. Ltd. in Persia.’
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- 116r:119v
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