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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 70
Title:
‘Map accompanying Military Report on Persia Vol. I’
Scope & Content:
The key to the map indicates: roads actually in use with wheeled vehicles; roads fit for passage of wheeled artillery; camel tracks; railway lines; telegraph lines and telegraph offices; post offices; boundaries, both demarcated and undemarcated. Also indicated are rivers and waterways; settlemen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1930
Extent:
1 map

2. IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 106-148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 106-148
Title:
Aden and Mocha Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 52 of 1841, dated 19 June 1841. The enclosures are dated 5 May to 16 June 1841, and relate to affairs at Aden and the surrounding area, and at Mocha. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1841
Extent:
1 item (43 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2996

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2996
Title:
Coll 20/36 'Muscat: Proposal (by a Mr C. S. J. Collier) to institute a State Post Office in Muscat'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between Charles Saint John Collier and various offices and departments of the British and Indian governments, including the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the India Office, and the Treasury. The correspondence is regarding Collier's attempts to institute a State Post Off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1940-13 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4114A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4114A
Title:
Coll 35/12 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office in Kuwait and its development, to sustain the growing oil industry in Kuwait. The file contains: Proposed transfer of the control of the Post Office from Iraq to the Government of India, 1925-29 Proposed abolition of the Iraq Post and Telegraph Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 Feb 1925-26 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4114B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4114B
Title:
Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930
Scope & Content:
Printed volume containing details and rules of posting in Iraq. Key chapters in the volume cover: Inland post Foreign post Foreign parcel post Money orders Official post articles Railway post letters Telegraphs. There are some loose folios in an envelope, placed at the back of the volume. These...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1930-c 1939
Extent:
1 file (229 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/4115A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4115A
Title:
Coll 35/12(2) 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office and telephones; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme; Cable and Wireless Agreement with Shaikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office and mail delivery in Kuwait. The file contains: Commercial agreement between ruler of Kuwait and Cable and Wireless Limited, 1941 Construction of wireless station at Kuwait, administered by Cable and Wireless Limited, 1941 Interruption of postal s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1941-15 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (360 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/4116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4116
Title:
Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file contains agreements with the ruler of Sharjah for the establishment of an air station by Imperial Airways, and correspondence related to the opening of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1933-26 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/4117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4117
Title:
Coll 35/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: postal administration'
Scope & Content:
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, 1923 Bushire - Shiraz mail service, 1923 Proposed ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jun 1923-13 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/4118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4118
Title:
Coll 35/15 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain; issue of postage stamps'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal service in Bahrain, and the issue of postage stamps for use in Bahrain. The file contains: Introduction and supply of Indian stamps overprinted with the word 'Bahrain', 1932 Persian protest against issue of Indian postage stamps surcharged 'Bahrain' and refusal to accep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1931-22 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/4119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4119
Title:
Coll 35/16 'Opening of an Indian Post Office at Dubai: postal arrangements in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal offices in the Persian Gulf. The file contains: Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office at Sharjah, 1933-37 Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office in Dubai, 1938 Note on the Indian Post and Telegraph Services in the Persian Gulf, 1946 Future adminis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1933-10 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (368 folios)