"مجموعة من المعاهدات والالتزامات والسندات المتعلقة بالهند والدول المجاورة" [‎١‎٨‎٤] (٥٧٨/٢٠١)

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iPEllSlA— Telegraphs —NO. XXIX—1888.
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 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
First Serteep with its special cordons, and bearer of the Order of St. Ann of the
First 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 Lebpold,
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 Polat Star of
Sweden, and the Second Order of the Legion of Honour, and the First Order of
the Osmaniah, and the First Order of the White Eagle with the blue cordon;
And the aforesaid distinguished representatives, after meeting ih the capital
of Tehran, and perusing and exchanging their letters of full power and finding
them in due order, have concluded the following Articles :—-
Article 1
In order to provide against any possible accident to the Persian Gulf Cable
it is agreed between the high contracting governments of England and Persia,
that the British Government shall make arrangements with regard to the construc
tion and efficient working of a line of telegraph between Guadur and a point be
tween Jask and Bunder Abbas.
Article 2.
The Persian Government will employ, as far as possible, their good offices
and authority for facilitating its construction, maintenance, and protection;
and the English Government will pay annually to the Persian Government the
sum of 3,000 tomans for leave to lay down the line of telegraph on those coasts
and places which are under the sovereignty of Persia, the payWent of the above
sum being made from the day on which the work of laying the wires is commenced.
Article 3.
The present convention shall remain in force for twenty years.
Article 4.
The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at
wtiLm fixro months, or sooner if practicable.
on the 2nd day of April, A.D. 1868.
Meerza Saeed Khan.
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Done at Tekrdn,
C. Alison.