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Correspondence and Papers on Persia [8r] (20/107)
The record is made up of 1 file (64 folios). It was created in Jul 1876-Jul 1892. 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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Proposal for an Over land Line of Telegraph from
India to Europe through Central Asia.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Society of Telegraph
Engineers and of Electricians at a Meeting held on May
$>Gth, 1881, at the Institution of Civil Engineers,
%5, Great George Street, Westminister.
Professor G. C. Foster, F. R. S., President, in the Chair.
Remarks by Mr. C. E. Pitman, c. i. E.. Superintendent in
charge of the Telegraph Operations in Beluchistan and
Southern Afghanistan in 1876-1879.
“ It is a matter of deep regret to me that, owing to the
evacuation of Kandahar, the line thither should recently have
been pulled down. It now only reaches to Chaman, 77 miles
east of Kandahar, and about 63 miles west of Quetta.
«I reoret its demolition all the more, because I think it
will acain be required, and that we shall have to go. back to
Kandahar before very long. {Loud applause). .Having gone
back there, it will be necessary to establish a
political agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at
Herat but this will not be done unless we have a telegraph
there, and there is no reason whatever why a telegraph line
should not be laid between Kandahar and Herat.
“ Having got a line to Herat, you are only 220 miles from
Meshed, to which point the Persian Government have a tele
graph at this moment.
“ To Teheran there is an excellent first-class line from
Europe, and with very little outlay the existing line between
Teheran and Meshed might be. put into good working order
and be maintained without difficulty.
“ If the Persian Government can maintain a line between
Teheran and Meshed, I do not see why a line should not be
maintained for the comparatively short distance of 220 miles
between Herat and Meshed.
“ If the Turkomans can be held in check and prevented
damaging the line on one section, can they not be checked on
the other? The total length of line required to connect the
Indian and Persian Telegraph systems is about 600 miles, mz :
375 miles from Kandahar to Herat, and 220 miles from Herat
to Meshed; and this link would complete a land line ot iele-
graph between India and England, j
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This file is comprised of notes, reports, memoranda, and correspondence received and compiled by George Nathaniel Curzon, on the subject of Persia. The file is largely concerned with possible routes for a proposed overland telegraph line between India and Europe.
Also discussed is Russia's interest in Persia, in some handwritten notes (author unknown) entitled 'The Antidote to Russian Advance Toward Persia and Herat'.
Notable correspondents include Arthur James Balfour (Lord Balfour), Prime Minister Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil (Lord Salisbury), and Charles Edward Pitman, Superintendent of Government Telegraphs, Bombay Division.
In addition to correspondence, notes and reports, the file contains seven photograph negatives (ff 30-36), which may have originated from Curzon's travels in Persia. Three of the negatives are blank; the remaining four show images of figures, and in one negative, a landscape, although none of the images is very clear.
Although the date range covers 1876-1892, most of the material dates from 1890-1891.
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- 1 file (64 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers proceed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at folio 66, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-66; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Condition: folio 34, a photograph negative, has been damaged and as a result some of the image is missing.
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- Correspondence and Papers on Persia
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- 8r:8v
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- Institution of Electrical Engineers xx Society of Telegraph Engineers xx Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians
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