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1. 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)

2. IOR/R/15/2/442

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/442
Title:
File 10/15 Annex. Radio telephone communications between Bahrain and Dhahran
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters and telegrams by the Political Agent at Bahrain, authorising the use of radio telephonic communications between Bahrain and Dharhan, to communicate messages for California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), and confirmati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1942-3 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (80 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/497

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/497
Title:
File 12/4 I Bahrain: channels of correspondence
Scope & Content:
The volume contains covering letters and correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain, the British Consulate at Basra, the India Office in London, and the Political Residency in the Gulf; concerning the transmission and despatch of mail, packets, secret documents and cypher...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1933-29 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 volume (202 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/498

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/498
Title:
File 12/8 Channels of communication for secret and confidential documents
Scope & Content:
The volume contains covering letters and correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain, the India Office in London, the Government of India, the Political Residency in the Gulf, the British Consulate at Basra and Yusuf Ahmad Kanoo, concerning the transmission, despatch and r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1935-30 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/536

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/536
Title:
‘File 13/32 Joint use of Bahrain and Sharjah airfields by civil and military aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the proposed joint-use of the aerodromes at Bahrain and Sharjah for both civil and military purposes, and are chiefly comprised of a series of papers entitled ‘General Principles and Practices to be followed at Joint-User Airfields Overseas’, issued by the Ministry ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1948-2 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/568
Title:
File No. 17/20 MIDDLE EAST TELECOMMUNICATIONS' ADVISER.
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the position of Middle East Telecommunications Adviser, later Attaché, which was created in May 1946, with Herbert Gray Sinclair appointed to the post, but was discontinued in June 1948. Included in the file are details of the responsibilities of the position; a tour of the M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1946-28 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/760

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/760
Title:
‘File 28/73 Tele-communications in time of war’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence concerning arrangements for wireless radio communications at Bahrain during wartime. Correspondents include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); representatives of the India Office (John Perci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1938-6 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1764-1770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1764-1770
Title:
File 33 Wireless/Telegraph
Scope & Content:
The Wireless/Telegraph files of the Political Agency, Bahrain fall into two main groups. The first group (IOR/R/15/2/1764-1768) concerns the work of the Wireless (later Radio) Station, Bahrain in the period 1926-50. The station was initially run by the Indo-European Telegraph Department (a dep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1926-1950
Extent:
7 files (598 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/280

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/280
Title:
File 8/88 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN MUSCAT.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to plans for the installation of an automatic telephone system in Muscat. It concerns reports that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] is considering introducing a telephone system (consisting of around 80-100 connections) to the towns of Muscat and Mat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1945-3 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/404

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/404
Title:
File 12/1 II CABLE & WIRELESS MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. Correspondence on two separate topics has been merged in the file: (1) Correspondence concerning Abdul Jalil Zawawi, a Cable and Wireless probationer, who had run away from the Company's school in Karachi and gone to Laho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1949-5 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)