"كتيب الجيش الفارسي" [و‎‎٢‎٠] (١٥٠/٤٤)

via Jask to Karachi. From Jask to Karachi
there is also a land line via Charbar.
(2) Meshed—Birjand—Kuh-i-Malik Siah.
' (3) Arabistan lines. Bushire—Ahwaz—Dizful—
Sus, and Ahwaz—Muhammerah. Main
tained by the Department on behalf of and
at the expense of the Persian Government.
A submarine cable leads from Bushire to
Fao.
The Department has also a friendly arrangement
with the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs by
which it controls and inspects the Persian Tele
graph Administration line from Tehran to
Meshed.
(&) Tehran—Tabriz—Julfa, thence via Erivan,
Sukkhum, Odessa and Emden to London.
Control stations exist at Zinjan and Mianeh.
(c) Most of the big towns have offices of the Persian
Telegraph Administration. Messages sent
by this route are apt to be delayed owing to
slow transmission.
Submarine cables connect Fao, Bushire, Henjam,
Jask, Muscat and Karachi. These are adminis
tered by the Indo-European Telegraph Depart
ment.
Wireless stations administered by the Indo-
European Telegraph Department, exist at
Bushire, Henjam and Lingah. The Russian
Consulate at Enzeli and the Russian Legation at
Tehran each have wireless stations. The French
and German Legations at Tehran have receiving
stations for taking press news. These stations
at foreign Legations and Consulates are private.
9. Telephone system. —Persia is practically without
telephones. There are local telephone services in the
towns of Tehran, Kazvin, Zinjan and Tabriz, which
however are unsatisfactory. TJhe toll houses on the
Qasr Shirin—Enzeli road are connected by telephone.
10. Features of military importance. —Persia, being
a mountainous country devoid of railways and with