Coll 35/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: postal administration'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 35/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: postal administration'
- Date:
- 1923/1939
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns the postal service in Persia and in the Persian Gulf.The file contains:Review of postal service in Persia [Iran] and in the Persian Gulf, with complaints of inefficiencies since their transfer under Persian administration, 1923Bushire - Shiraz mail service, 1923Proposed appointment of a Persian Director-General of Posts in Persia, whilst the Foreign Office was suggesting a Belgian to be appointed instead, 1924Appointment of Prince Moazed-ed-Dowleh as Director General of Posts, 1924Refusal of Persian Government to pay claims for loss of registered postal parcels, 1924Transfer of the Indian Post Office of exchange from Duzdap [Zahedan] to Mirjawa [Mirjaveh], 1925Transmission of parcels between Europe and Persia via Iraq, 1925Additional parcel post service via Lebanon, Syria and Iraq to Tehran, 1926Relations between Duzdap Railway authorities and Persian Customs administration, 1926Proposal for establishing insured parcel service between Persia and India via Duzdap, 1928Indian Exchange Post Office at Mirjawa, 1932; proposed closure of, 1939.The file is composed of correspondence between: HM Legation at Tehran; HM Consulate for Sistan and Kain; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs; the Secretary of State for India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the Superintendent of Post Offices for Baluchistan; and the General Post Office.There are letters in French in the file, from the Universal Postal Union, from the Foreign Office to the Persian Government, and from the Director-General of the Persian Postal Service.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 205; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Wireless telegraphy
Post offices - Geographic region:
- Persia
- Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002b7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002b7_en
IOR/L/PS/12/4117
IOR/L/PS/12/4117