"مجموعة من المعاهدات والالتزامات والسندات المتعلقة بالهند والدول المجاورة" [‎١‎٨‎٣] (٥٧٨/٢٠٠)

PERSIA— Telegraphs — NOS. XXVIJ1—1865 AND XXIX—1868. igjj
stantinople, the amount due to the Persian Government will be certified by the
English Officer and speedily paid every six months, as stated in the last Article.
The above account shall always be open to the inspection of the Telegraph Agent
of the Persian Government at Constantinople, or any person recognized by the
Persian Minister at the Ottoman Court for the settlement of accounts of inter
national traffic on the Persian Turkish Line.
Article 16.
The Telegraph Regulations drawn up at Paris on the thirteenth of April Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five shall be carried Out under the
superintendence of the Persian Government so far as not opposed to the terms
of the present convention or the institutions of Persia.
10 V. ".O. • : • - • * ' '*' •
- ; Article 17.
Any disagreement arising between the telegraphic employes of the two gov
ernments shall be referred to their Excellencies the Persian Minister for Poreign
Affairs and the British Minister at Tehran, in order that, after necessary investi
gation, a just decision may be pronounced.
Article 18.
' This convention shall take effect from the opening of correspondence oh the
second wire, and remain in force for five years from the- day that a telegram is
first despatched hereby. At the expiration of the five years it shall be null ahd
void. If at any time within the term appointed the capabilities of Persian tele
graphers for their work shad be proved to the satisfaction of the Chief of the Persian
Telegraphs and the English Telegraph Officer, the full period shall be curtailed,
and the line made over altogether to the Persian Government.
' Article 19.
' The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at
Tehran within five 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
TelegraRHic 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 Indi a
have resolved to conclude a convention for that purpose, and have named as
their Plenipotentiaries (that is to say) :
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* Ratification exchanged at Tehran, August 25th, 1868.