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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Language Arabic Name Cable and Wireless Ltd, 1929-1981

1. IOR/R/15/1/469

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/469
Title:
File 51/88 I Cable and Wireless Kuwait
Scope & Content:
The agreement between Shaikh Ahmad of Kuwait [Āl Ṣabāḥ, Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir] and Cable and Wireless Ltd for the opening of a telegraph station in Kuwait. It covers the extent of the company's remit, taxes, payment of set-up costs, expansion, security, technical training for Kuwaiti nationals, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/751

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/751
Title:
Cable and Wireless Concession Agreement with Shaikh of Bahrain
Scope & Content:
This file contains two copies of a concession agreement between Cable & Wireless Limited and the Government of Bahrain (represented by Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain). The agreements (folios 5-18) were signed in the presence of Hugh Dunstan Rance, the British Politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/557

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/557
Title:
File No. 17/1-I Posts and Telegraphs. Bahrain Radio Station.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), the Officer-in-Charge of the Bahrain Branch of Cable and Wireless Limited (Cecil Bottomley), the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Shaikh of Bahrain (Ḥamad bin ‘Īs...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1932-8 Mar 1937
Extent:
1 volume (245 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/558

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/558
Title:
File 17/1-II Posts and Telegraphs. Radio Station Bahrain.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, Reginald George Alban, Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, Tom Hickinbotham), Political Resident in Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Charles Geoffrey Prior), Officer-in-Charge of the Bahrain Branch of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1938-1 May 1944
Extent:
1 volume (330 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/560

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/560
Title:
File 17/7 CENSORSHIP
Scope & Content:
The file discusses arrangements for the wartime censorship of telegrams and letters and customs checking of individuals’ baggage and personal belongings. Included in the file are official orders in Arabic, English and French relating to censorship rules; requests for letters in other languages t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
6 Apr 1943-2 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1260
Title:
File 6/44 I Miscellaneous correspondence with the Adviser
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave). The correspondence relates to a number of miscellaneous subjects connected to the Bahrain state. Other correspondents include Imperial and Internati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1931-31 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (237 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1266

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1266
Title:
File 6/48 Telephones - Correspondence regarding
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the telephone network in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the State Engineer of the Government of Bahrain. The papers are concerned with the maintenance and extension of the network, changes to telephone ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1932-8 Jul 1950
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1287

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1287
Title:
File 6/68 Visit of H. E. Shaikh Sir Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah, K. C. I. E., C. S. I. Ruler of Bahrain to England
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the visit to the United Kingdom by Shaikh Hamad bin 'Isa al Khalifah [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], ruler of Bahrain. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 May 1936-8 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (247 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/339
Title:
File 11/1 Muscat Administration Reports and related correspondence
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of correspondence concerning the Administration Annual Reports of the Muscat Political Agency and of the Muscat Infantry for the years 1942-43 to 1945-46 and contains copies of all the reports. The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1943-12 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 volume (241 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/340
Title:
File 11/1 III Muscat Administration Reports and related correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence concerning the Annual Muscat Administration Annual Report for the years 1947-48 and contains a copy of the report. The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1948-13 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)