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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of The Route for The Central Persia Telegraph Line from Quetta to Bam and Pahra' [3v] (11/162)
The record is made up of 1 volume (77 folios). It was created in 1901. 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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CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED KING
DOM AND PERSIA EXTENDING THE
SYSTEM OE TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNI
CATION BETWEEN Eli HOPE AND INDIA
THROUGH PERSIA.
Signed at Tehran, August 16 , 1901 .
[Ratifications exchanged at Tehran, January 13 , 1902 .]
[Signed also in Persian text.]
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the King of all
the Kingdoms of Persia, being desirous to extend the system of
telegraphic communication between Europe and India through
Persia, already established in virtue of previous Treaties, have
resolved that a Convention for that purpose shall be concluded;
wherefore their Majesties have named as their Plenipotentiaries:
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Emperor of India, Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge,
Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St.
Michael and St. George, Companion of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
tentiary to the Court of Persia;
And His Majesty the King of all the Kingdoms of Persia, his
Excellency Mirza Nasrullah Khan Mushir-ed-Dowleh, his Minister
for Foreign Affairs, Bearer of the Order of the Lion and the Sun
of the first class with green riband, Possessor of the Order of the
Royal Portrait of His Late Majesty Naser-ed-din Shah, Possessor
of the Order of the Portrait of His Present Majesty Muguffer-
ed-din Shah, of the First Class, and of the Blue Cordon, Bearer of
the Order of the White Eagle, and of the first class of the
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A report by Mr H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department. Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla, 1901. The report is a survey of a potential route for extending a telegraph line from India to Persia, running from Quetta to Bam, with an alternative route going to Pahra. The volume contains a description of the routes taken, estimates of cost, and notes on alignment, marking out, location of offices, shelter huts for linestaff, maintenance, water, sand, supplies, climate, and the Quetta-Siestan [Sistan] trade route.
Throughout the report are black and white photographs of the route that accompany the descriptions (folios 26,28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 46, 49, 51, 52, 63, 67, 70, and 71). Folio 23 is a map showing the route taken. Enclosed at the front of the volume is a copy of the 'Convention between The United Kingdom and Persia extending the System of Telegraphic Communication between Europe and India Through Persia', 1902 (folios 2-6), and twelve loose sheets of manuscript notes on the report written by George Curzon (folios 7-18).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 79; 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.
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