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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Indo-European Telegraph Line Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/L/PS/10/38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/38
Title:
File 1408/1904 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf: Henjam affairs. Status of Henjam (Persian sovereignty). Persian Customs post. Henjam Telegraph Station dispute’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence, papers and maps relating to the British Government’s telegraph station and the Persian Government’s customs house on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], questions of Persian sovereignty over the island, and the status of the island’s Arab inhabi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1906
Extent:
1 volume (250 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/39
Title:
File 1408/1904 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf: telegraphs. Henjam-Bunder Abbas-cable’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises notes, memoranda, copies of correspondence and other papers, relating to an agreement reached between the British and Persian Governments for the construction of a telegraph cable line between the telegraph station at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1909
Extent:

1 volume (235 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/772

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/772
Title:
File 5646/1918 'Persia and Mesopotamia: future telegraphic arrangements'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the importance of re-establishing telegraphic communication between India and England via the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia [Iraq] to Mediterranean ports under British control. The papers notably cover the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916-1 Jul 1920
Extent:

1 volume (146 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1269

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1269
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 7 ‘Persia: Telegraphs: Position of I.E.T. Dept:’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence, concerning the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia [Iran]. The correspondence mainly relates to negotiations between the British and Persian Governments for the relinquishment of British control of a portion of the I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
13 Feb 1929-24 Nov 1929
Extent:

1 volume (459 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1270

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1270
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 7 ‘Persia. Telegraphs’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office minute papers, regarding the withdrawal from Persia [Iran] of the Indo-European Telegraph Company and the Indo-European Telegraph Department (IETD). It includes papers relating to the following: The decision of the Indo-Europe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
21 Nov 1930-4 Jun 1931
Extent:

1 volume (408 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3420

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3420
Title:
Coll 28/23 ‘Relations with H.M.G: Negotiations 1928–31 Withdrawal of I.E.T Dept.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the drafting of an agreement between the Governments of Britain and Persia [Iran], concerning the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia, and the subsequent taking over of cables and equipment in Persia by the Persian Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
29 May 1931-12 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 volume (407 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3421

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3421
Title:
Coll 28/24 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Private Claims against Persian Govt by members of the I.E.T.D.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from the British Legation in Tehran (Raymond Cecil Parr), Foreign Office (George William Rendel), and India Office minutes (John Gilbert Laithwaite; Maurice George Simpson) concerning an agreement between the British and Persian Governments, for the transfer of the Indo-European Te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1931-20 Mar 1931
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3422
Title:
Coll 28/25 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Negotiations re Mirjawa – Duzdap line etc.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Department of Industries and Labour of the Government of India, the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive; Raymond Cecil Parr), and India Office (John Gilbert Laithwaite), concerning the status of the Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] to Duzdap [Zahedan] telegraph l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1931-1 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/3423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3423
Title:
Coll 28/26 ‘Relations with H.M.G. Importation of Stores for I.E.T.D. Staff’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to food and supply shortages suffered by staff of the Indo-European Telegraph Department manning telegraph stations along the Persian coast of the Persian Gulf. The file’s principal correspondents include the India Office (John Gilbert Laithwaite), Imperial and Internatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1931-13 May 1932
Extent:
1 file (136 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3424

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3424
Title:
Coll 28/27 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Delay + mutilation of telms for Tehran Legation. Suggested alternative arrangements.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the India Office (John Gilbert Laithwaite), Foreign Office (Charles William Baxter; George William Rendel), and the British Legetation at Tehran (Raymond Cecil Parr), concerning the desire to retain a British telegraphist at Tehran after the withdrawal of the Indo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1930-26 Mar 1931
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)