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File 3939/1926 Pt 5 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Persia, Seistan, Kerman and Persian Baluchistan' [111r] (215/558)
The record is made up of 1 item (288 folios). It was created in 7 Jul 1927-18 Dec 1931. 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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PERSIA— Telegraphs — NO. XXVII—1863.
175
No. XXVII.
ntpred into by the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs for
Engagement^ & Ljne of telegraph from Khanakeen to Bu shirk—
1863.
Article 1.
The Persian Government considers it noW to constrnct a line of telegraph
■.w delay from Khanakeen to the capital. Tehran, and from Tehran to the
. ( Reshire • and they agree that whenever the English Government may
to communicate by the said Telegraph, they are to be at liberty to do so
Sh the Persian Telegraph offioefs in the way they may desne, paying for
the same at rates to be specified hereafter.
Article 2.
The Persian Government will assign a sum sufficient for the construction of
... Tvieeranh and for the purchase of such materials as are not procurable in
tsia or in'be better obtained in Europe.
Article 3.
The Persian Government engages to purchase from the English Government
all the materials which are better procurable in Europe, and the English Govern
ment agrees to supply such materials at moderate prices.
Article 4.
In order that the said line of Telegraph may be well constructed and officially
worked, the Persian Government agrees to place it under the superintendence
of an English Engineer Office^, who is to be paid by the English Government,
and they further agree to fix a period during which instruction may be given and
the line may be brought into good working order ; and his Royal Highness the
Itizad-oo-Sultaneh, the Minister of Public Instruction, and His Excellency the
Amin-ed-Dowleh, will have cognizance of the aforesaid officer’s proceedings.
Article 5.
The said officer will be fully empowered to call upon the Persian authorities
to supply any materials he may consider requisite for this work, and the Persian
authorities will make no alterations in his requisitions unless it should be im
possible to obtain the thing required. But a Persian officer will accompany him
everywhere, so that he may be informed of what is done, and of the prices of the
materials; and the accounts will be audited by the above-mentioned Prince and
by the Amin-ed-Dowleh every three months, when a report will be drawn up and
printed in the Tehran Gazette.
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This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries ), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.
The part concerns the revised narrative for the section regarding Persia [Iran], Seistan [Sistan], Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, and includes extensive interdepartmental correspondence (most of which is dated 1929-1931) discussing the contents of the revised narrative, as well as the question of which treaties and agreements to include alongside it.
The correspondence goes on to cover the requirement for a fresh proof of the revised narrative, following the Government of India's decision (made in consultation with His Majesty's Government) to defer its publication, in order to include references not only to recent events but also to further developments that are expected in the near future.
Most of the part is made up of a copy of the second proof of the revised narrative (ff 24-41) together with copies of numerous related treaties, agreements and correspondence covering the period 1763-1928 (ff 42-216), of which a significant amount is written in French.
The main correspondents are the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; the British Legation, Tehran; officials of the 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. , Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.
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- File 3939/1926 Pt 5 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Persia, Seistan, Kerman and Persian Baluchistan'
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- 42r:42v, 44v:46r, 46v:53r, 55r:56r, 59v:60r, 62r:64v, 65r:79v, 81r:83v, 84r:91v, 93v:104r, 111r:120v, 121r:160r, 164r:169v, 173r:206v
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