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IOR/L/PS/10/326
- Record Id:
- 040-000545219
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0000dd
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028326979.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/326
- Title:
- File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs'
- Scope & Content:
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The volume comprises one part discussing the administration of the Persian telegraph lines.
The volume contains correspondence, minutes, notes, and telegrams regarding the restoration of the 1913 agreements between the Telegraph Department of the British Government and the Persian Minister of Post and Telegraphs for the reorganization of the Arabistan Telegraph Lines.
The volume also includes documents on the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Government, correspondence on the Persian control over the telegraph line between Meshed [Mashhad, Iran] and Seistan [Sistan region, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan], and on the administration of the offices in Abadan and Mohammerah to be transferred to Persia.
The principal correspondents are the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Colonial Office, the Indo-European Telegraph Department, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, His Majesty's Minister in Tehran, the British Legation in Tehran, and the High Commissioner for Iraq.
The volume contains two copies of the 'Map to illustrate the telegraph lines of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and Connected System' (folios 199 and 312), and 'A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf and Mekran', 1916 (folios 200-217).
The final part of the volume contains telegrams mentioning incidents caused by 'Afghan raiders' to the Seistan-Meshed telegraph line, near to the borders with Afghanistan, in 1923.
The volume comprises part 2. This includes a divider which gives the subject and part number, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
There is a document partly written in French within the volume, minutes of a meeting held at the British Legation in Gulhek [Tehran].
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545219 - 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/10/326 : File 80/1913 Pt 2 'Persia: Telegraphs' - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/10/326, f 312 : Map to illustrate the telegraph lines of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and Connected System
IOR/L/PS/10/326, f 199 : Map to illustrate the telegraph lines of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and Connected System
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/10/326 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0328]/040-000545219
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (405 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0000dd
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1924
- Date Range:
- 2 Aug 1919-21 Jan 1924
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 407; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P 80/1913 Pt 2
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 80 consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/325-327. The volumes are divided into 4 parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising the first two volumes, and parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)