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Subject Telegraph cables Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/MIL/5/512

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/512
Title:
Copy correspondence between the East India Company Court and the War Office on supplying field telegraph equipment to the forces in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copy correspondence between James Melvill, Secretary, East India Company, with the War Office, regarding procurement of two field telegraphs for shipment to Bombay and transmission to Bushire, the Headquarters of the Expedition force in the Persian Gulf (also spelled Gulph), u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1856-16 Jan 1857
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3420

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3420
Title:
Coll 28/23 ‘Relations with H.M.G: Negotiations 1928–31 Withdrawal of I.E.T Dept.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the drafting of an agreement between the Governments of Britain and Persia [Iran], concerning the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia, and the subsequent taking over of cables and equipment in Persia by the Persian Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
29 May 1931-12 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 volume (407 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/3421

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3421
Title:
Coll 28/24 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Private Claims against Persian Govt by members of the I.E.T.D.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence from the British Legation in Tehran (Raymond Cecil Parr), Foreign Office (George William Rendel), and India Office minutes (John Gilbert Laithwaite; Maurice George Simpson) concerning an agreement between the British and Persian Governments, for the transfer of the Indo-European Te...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1931-20 Mar 1931
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3422
Title:
Coll 28/25 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Negotiations re Mirjawa – Duzdap line etc.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the Department of Industries and Labour of the Government of India, the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive; Raymond Cecil Parr), and India Office (John Gilbert Laithwaite), concerning the status of the Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] to Duzdap [Zahedan] telegraph l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1931-1 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/567

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/567
Title:
File No. 17/18 BAHRAIN-BUSHIRE CABLES.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior) and the Secretary of State for India and Burma (Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence) regarding the Bushire to Bahrain submarine cable which had been laid in 1935 without the cons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1946-19 Mar 1946
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/403

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/403
Title:
File 12/1 I CABLE & WIRELESS LTD: September 1935 - Oct 1941.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. The papers include: the introduction by the Company of a cable running direct from Karachi to Muscat, and from Muscat to Bushire, and the enlargement of the cable station at Muscat, 1935; the issuing of a licence to the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1935-29 Oct 1941
Extent:
1 volume (176 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/407

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/407
Title:
File 12/2 Cable and Wireless Limited, Muscat.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. The papers consist almost entirely of correspondence between the Company and the Political Agent, Muscat, and cover: change of Company name; procedural matters; building works at the Company's premises; a request by the S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 May 1934-1 Feb 1943
Extent:
1 file (221 folios)