ملف ١٩٢٦/٣٩٣٩ الجزء ٥ "تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون: بلاد فارس، وسيستان، وكرمان وبلوشستان الفارسية" [و‎‎١‎١‎٧] (٥٥٨/٢٢٧)

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Article 16.
This convention applies specially to the Tehran-Bushire section, but shall
apply equally to the Tehran-Khannikeen section, should the English Director,
at any time, deem it expedient to resume charge of that portion of the Persian
^hTsuch a case the tariff of the Tehran-Khannikeen section and the method of
account shall be settled by a special arrangement between the English and Per
sian Administrations.
Article 17.
Any disagreement arising between the Telegraph employes of the two Gov
ernments shall be referred for decision to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs
and the British Representative at Tehran.
Article 18.
This convention shall take effect from the day on which its ratifications are
exchanged, and shall remain in force until the first day of January one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-five, on which date the English Staff shall make over
the whole line, in whatever condition it may be at the time, including iron posts
and third wire, to the Persian Government, and shall then cease to ha\e
any further connection with the Persian Telegraph.
Article 19.
After the erection of the third wire it shall be competent for the English Gov
ernment, at any time before the expiry of this convention, on giving six months
notice, to hand over the line, in its existing condition, to the Persian Govern
ment, and to withdraw its officers and employes from the country, ceasing from
that date to have any further connection with the Persian Telegraph.
Article 20.
The ratifications of the present convention shall be exchanged at Tehran with
in five months or sooner, if practicable.
Done at Tehran, in quadruplicate, this second day of December in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Mirza Syud Khan. Rold. F. Thomson.
Prolongation of the Telegraph Convention of 2nd December 1872 1887
It is hereby agreed between the undersigned duly authorized thereto by their
respective Governments that the convention signed at Tehran on 2nd December
1872 for continuing the system of telegraphic communication between Europe
and India through Persia shall remain in force until 31st January 1905.
Done at Tehran this third day of July 1887.
A. Nicholson, Yahia Khan,
Mushir-ed-Dowleh.
H. B. M.'s Charge d’Affaires. Minister for Foreign Affairs.