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IOR/L/PS/10/105
- Record Id:
- 040-000544862
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000365.0x0003be
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100034853060.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/105
- Title:
- File 3414/1906 Pt 2 'Persia: telegraphs; exchange of telegraphs with Russia'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence concerning the Anglo-Persian convention specifically as it related to telegraph lines in the Russian (northern) and British (southern) zones of influence:
- the transfer of the control of telegraph lines betwen Russia and Britain with reference to the zones of influence agreed in Anglo-Russian convention of 1907. The specific telegraphs lines discussed are Meshed-Tehran and Meshed-Seistan.
- Anglo-Russian negotiations concerning the procedure by which the transfer would take place.
- Correspondence discusses specific details such as whether British signallers would be allowed to continue operating in certain areas and the difficulty this would raise if Russia wanted similar arrangement. Also discussed is German interest in these matters.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000544862 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/105 : File 3414/1906 Pt 2 'Persia: telegraphs; exchange of telegraphs with Russia' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0105]/040-000544862
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (382 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000365.0x0003be
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1907
- End Date:
- 1908
- Date Range:
- 1907-1908
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 382; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top write corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P 3414/1906
- Arrangement:
-
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3414 (Persia telegraphs) consists of 5 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10104-108.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Government of India, Posts and Telegraphs Department, c 1877-1947
Indo-European Telegraph Department, 1862-1931
Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom, 1858-1935 - Subjects:
- Diplomacy
Telegraph lines
Telegraph poles
Telegraphs - Places:
- Khaf, Asia, Persia
Meshed, Asia
Seistan, Asia
