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31. 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)

32. IOR/L/PS/12/1997, f 40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1997, f 40
Title:
‘MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE TELEGRAPH LINES OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT AND CONNECTED SYSTEMS’
Scope & Content:
The map illustrates the telegraph lines operated by the Indo-European Telegraph Department and connected systems across Persia, the Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Baluchistan. It also includes railway lines (dashed lines) and wireless stations (triangles). A reference key is provided, but no scale is g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1935
Extent:
1 map

33. IOR/L/PS/18/C91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C91
Title:
Letter from Sir M. Durand to Foreign Office
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a letter from Henry Mortimer Durand, Minister at Tehran to the Foreign Office, introducing an enclosure from Captain Percy Molesworth Sykes regarding the proposed telegraph line from Kerman to India, dated 22 September 1898. Sykes details the potential starting points for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1898
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/18/C97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C97
Title:
Despatch from Sir M. Durand respecting appointment of Additional Consular Officers in Persia
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a despatch concerning the appointment of additional consular officers in Persia, from Henry Mortimer Durand, the British Minister at Tehran, to Robert Arthur Cecil, the Marquess of Salisbury. Durand reiterates suggestions previously given in 1895 regarding the state of affa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1899
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/18/C156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C156
Title:
'A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran'
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of copies of a series of agreements, engagements, and conventions concerning Britain and a number of related parties regarding the construction and/or extension of telegraph lines in Turkey, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran [Makran Coast] between 1853 and 1916. Related...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (18 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/18/C159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C159
Title:
Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.
Scope & Content:
This memorandum, which is attributed to the Indo-European Telegraph Department, provides details of the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to the following telegraph lines: the line from Gwadur to Jask, the Central Persia line, the Henja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1916
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/18/C200

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C200
Title:
Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum concerning the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to telegraph lines in Persia. The memorandum is divided into sections as follows: Jask royalty and claims for wilful damage (the claims in question bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1920
Extent:

1 file (6 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/18/C207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C207
Title:
Memorandum on Persian Telegraph Lines
Scope & Content:
The memorandum consists of eight entries on various telegraph lines running through Persia. Each entry outlines who is responsible for it (if anyone), and provides a brief overview of its development and its current status. The lines included are as follows: the Mekran [Makran] line; the Bushire...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1922
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/20/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/27
Title:
Report on the preliminary survey of the route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line. By W King Wood, Assistant Superintendent, Indo-European Telegraph Department.
Scope & Content:
Publication statement: Karachi: Government of India Telegraph Department, 1899. The report describes the 'Branch Section' (Ispahan to Ardistan), followed by the five 'Sections', and 'Unsuitable Routes', of the Central Persia Telegraph Line. For each section the report provides a description of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899
Extent:

1 volume (146 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/20/249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/249
Title:
A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of copies of a series of agreements, engagements, and conventions concerning Britain and a number of related parties regarding the construction and/or extension of telegraph lines in Turkey, Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Mekran [Makran Coast] between 1853 and 1916. Related...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Sep 1916
Extent:

1 file (18 folios)