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====Indo-European Telegraph Department====
*[http://www.iranica.com/articles/indo-european-telegraph-department Indo-European Telegraph Department in Iran] Encyclopaedia Iranica. While the IETD was an autonomous department for much of its existence, between February 1888 and April 1893, it was under direct auspices of the Director General of Indian Telegraphs. The IETD was dissolved in March 1931. There was significant intermarriage with Iranian Armenians.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20070626152039/http://www.sis.org.uk/bulletin/92/Packer.pdf "Scientific Instrument with a Story to Tell" ] by John Packer ''Bulletin of the Scientific Instruments Society'' No. 92 (2007), pages 17-18. [http://docs.googlenow an archived webpage.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Cf2W-vME38AJ:www.sis.org.uk/bulletin/92/Packer.pdf+British+Raj+Telegraph+Baghdad&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShGH8XAHtbY8D0csv7zFY5xPGhGTwFY9zHWU_E2naeRgl8WfV2OKVL8ea4XonbuVzCiGvUz6yvZdrUM_yuw1TZLaoGycOJlai7bnhKy0K9K_oX84t-rF1tw8VjcrX0qGD6xbxQ1&sig=AHIEtbQp2F9jb0L6nPbTQs2Tlyi46CFweA html version], [http://www.sis.org.uk/bulletin/92/Packer.pdf original pdf]
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-08/1344195424 post] indicates the IETD was sold to Cable and Wireless in 1931.
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1859SuezKarachi/index.htm 1859 Suez - Aden - Karachi Cable] atlantic-cable.com
*[http://www.iranica.com/articles/indo-european-telegraph-company Indo-European Telegraph Company] (iranica.com) was privately owned and operated by the Siemens Company. Telegrams along this route commenced from India to London in January 1870
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/Indo-Eur/index.htm The Indo-European Telegraph Company] by Steven Roberts Also includes brief information about the Indo-European Telegraph Department atlantic-cable.com
*[http://124.108.19.235:12000/jspui/bitstream/123456789/11673/1/Vol26_3_3_AKarbelashvili.pdf "Europe-India Telegraph “Bridge” via the Caucasus" ] by Andre Karbelashvili ''Indian Journal of History of Science 26 (3) 1991'' ,pages 277-281 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:pksIrogONZgJ:www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005ac0_277.pdf+Indo-European+Telegraph&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShtxjwfrd1x_leBI-su18ieytDcM63JeJ6FUA4nE11vh6m2BxnZD-aI72c02a-En7-hGHomSSLeTVFd5SNL4yZif-ng_Np4CIZ9zuhcGHOxgQix4bn8eczDCKeZhpVk8deG5mwf&sig=AHIEtbQADc_S_biDpSq2w909i0wn_JThfw html version], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005ac0_277.pdf original pdf]
==== Bombay - Aden – Suez Cable====
*[http://www.atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1870BritishIndian/index.htm 1870 British - Indian Cable (Bombay - Aden - Suez)] by Bill Glover atlantic-cable.com
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/CablePioneers/Stewart/index.htm Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Stewart, R.E. Director-General of the Indo-European Telegraph] atlantic-cable.com<br>
:As part of the Telegraph Department, he played a significant role in the Indian Mutiny. He left England, at the close of 1863, to superintend the laying of the Indo-European sea-cable along the coast of Beloochistan and Persia. He died 16 January 1865 having just accomplished the most difficult part of his task by the completion of the telegraphic line from Bagdad, to Bushire.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170112124813/http://www.kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/famousrsmith.htm Major-General Sir Robert Murdoch Smith 1835-1900] an officer in the Royal Engineers who was seconded at the time to work on the development of the Persian telegraph, and became its Director. kilmarnockacademy.co.uk, now an archived page.
*"John Isaacson of Exning, Persia and India" by Tony Fuller and Jenny Law [[FIBIS Journals|''FIBIS Journal Number 3 (Spring 2000)'']]. FIBIS members may read this article online.
:John Isaacson, who at the time was described as a "Sergeant, RE", arrived in Persia on 11 November 1863 and was posted to the Persian section of the IETD. He died in Bushire in 1892.
*'"A chronological biography of Edward Graves" of the IETD, murdered 2 December 1897 [httphttps://docsweb.googlearchive.comorg/viewer?a=v&q=cache:cqHn52lf-CUJ:www.dandadec.co.uk/page2web/files20180215205742/T%2520GravesE%2520Bio.pdf+%22Royal+Engineers%22+Tehran&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiqv-7kNGtwedSeSqLp5fOUik6mLByVaJJ-lWSpA5WBsW7trXrQcx26gudZ01NAiMzbhHLvXPPtloX1RWW9H3cFFVuGNJBtZK1bSxqgBN1m6t5FolZjBQ47WTv4EHPsrXsoZGV0&sig=AHIEtbQPQhCDoUduAlD1IbIfcF5wXX1L0g html version], [httphttps://wwwdandadec.dandadecfiles.cowordpress.ukcom/page22013/files07/T%20GravesE%20Bioedward-graves1.pdf original pdf"A chronological biography of Edward Graves"] of the IETD, murdered 2 December 1897. dandadec, an archived page.co.uk
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