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PERSIA— Telegraphs — NOS. XXYTJI—1865 AND XXIX—1868. ] gj
Article 19.
The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at
Tehran within fife months, or sooner if practicable.
Done at Tehran on the twenty-third of November Anno Domini one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five.
No. XXIX.
Convention between Great Britain and Persia for extending and securing
Telegraphic communication between Europe and India signed, in the
English and Persian languages, at Tehran, April 2nd, 1868.*
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and His Majesty the King of all the Kingdoms of Persia, being desirous to extend
and secure the means of telegraphic communication between Europe and India,
have resolved to conclude a convention for that purpose, and have named as
their Plenipotentiaries (that is to say) :
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland—
Charles Alison, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
Her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at the Court of Persia ■
And His Majesty the King of all the Kingdoms of Persia—His Excellency
Meerza Saeed Khan, his Minister for Foreign Affairs, possessor of the Order of
the Royal Portrait adorned with diamonds, and of the blue cordon, and bearer
of the pearled tassel and rod adorned with diamonds, possessor of the Order of
hirst Serteep with its special cordons, and bearer of the Order of St. Ann of the
hirst Class adorned with diamonds, and of the Order of the Mejedieh of the First
Class, and of the First Order of the Iron Crown, and the First Order of Leopold,
and the First Order of Danebrog, and the First Order of St. Maurice and Lazare,
and the First Order of the Saviour of Greece, and the Order of the Polar Star of
Sweden, and the Second Order of the Legion of Honour, and the First Order of
fhe Osmaniah, and the First Order of the White Eagle with the blue cordon ;
And the aforesaid distinguished representatives, after meeting in the capital
0 Tehran, and perusing and exchanging their letters of full power and finding
em in due order, have concluded the following Articles :—
Article 1.
^ In order to provide against any possible accident to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Cable,
tlmt ^ ree ^ ^ e ^ ween the high contracting governments of England and Persia,
e ^ r ^i s h Government shall make arrangements with regard to the construc
ts 11 an ^ e ® c ^ ent working of a line of telegraph between Guadur and a point be-
tween^askandBunder Abbas.
Ratitioabion exchanged at Tehran, August 25th, 1868.