The item mainly relates to affairs in the Persian Gulf. It chiefly comprises copies of despatches of Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], with relevant enclosures, such as letters to and from Hennell, ...
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1844, dated 25 March 1844. The enclosures are dated 23 January-11 February 1844. The enclosures comprise despatches of Major Henry Creswicke Raw...
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 33 of 1847, dated 1 April 1847. The enclosures are dated 17 to 19 March 1847 and contain correspondence relating to the limited supply of iron lids from England for mailboxes (boxes used to tr...
Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 41 of 1847, dated 15 April 1847. The enclosures are dated 2 April to 6 April 1847 and contain correspondence relating mainly to issues around the procurement of iron lids for mailboxes (boxes ...
File 1855/1904 Pt 2 'Koweit:- Postal arrangements. Establishment of a regular Post Office.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns proposals for the opening of a Post Office at Koweit [Kuwait]. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent at Kuwait (from 1904 Major Stuart George Knox; from 1909, Captain William Henry Irvine Sh...
File 1508/1905 Pt 3 'Bahrain: postal arrangements; mails; post office'
Scope & Content:
Part one of the volume relates to postal services in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between the Foreign Office, India Office and Government of India. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the General Post Office in London, representatives of Gray, Mackenzie, and Compan...
