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PART IV—CHAPTER XVII.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Telegraph Station at Bushire.

The submarine telegraph station at Bushire was located in the town in a
building provided by the Persian Govern­
Political A., May 1864, Nos. 141*143.
ment.
The locality, however, was not a healthy one, and in 1876 a proposal was
made to shift the station to a healthy place outside the town. The Persian Govern­
ment agreed to this move, provided the house was built by Persian subjects and
rented by them to the British Government. (Vide paragraph 576, et seq., of the
Persia?i Coast and Islands PrScis, 1854—igo$} as regards the discussion on the
subject).
A building accordingly erected by one Abdul Kassim at Reshire was
taken on hire by the Telegraph Depart­
Political A., August 1877, Nos.8*io.
ment in May 1877. The site was named
Mokhbirabad, as suggested by Colonel Prideaux, for two reasons : (1) Mokhbir
means announcer of intelligence or news ; (2)Mokhbir-ud-Dowleh was at the time
Minister of Public Works and head of the Telegraph Department in Persia, who,
it was believed, had greatly assisted on removing the difficulties raising to the
removing of the station outside Bushire.