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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Indo-European Telegraph Department, 1862-1931

11. 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)

12. IOR/L/PS/10/893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/893
Title:
File 3237/1920 ‘Persia:- Electric light, ice and condensing plants at Bushire.’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers relating to the electrical and mechanical plants (electric light, water condensing, and ice plants) at Bushire [Bushehr], which were installed during the First World War by the military authorities of the Bushire Field Force. The papers mainly consist of corresponden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1920-25 Jan 1934
Extent:

1 volume (385 folios)

13. 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)

14. 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)

15. 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

16. 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)

17. 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)

18. 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)

19. 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)

20. IOR/L/PS/12/3476

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3476
Title:
Coll 28/72 ‘Persia. Telegraph stations at Jask; Question of Persian encroachments and realignment of boundary.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the British Legation in Tehran, including HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and the Foreign Office, including the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, John Allsebrook Simon. The correspondence concerns questions over the extent of the conc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jun 1932-7 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 file (108 folios)