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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/1410-1430

11. IOR/R/15/2/1420

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1420
Title:
File 14/5 III Correspondence regarding postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding the postal service in Dubai. The file includes the 1946-1947 agreements with the contractor for the conveyance of mail at Dubai, Khan Sahib Husain (on folios 35-39 and 65-68), and correspondence regarding the purchase of a second hand car ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1945-22 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/2/1421

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1421
Title:
File 14/6 Postal commission on Government Servants' money orders
Scope & Content:
A 1930s file which includes material from 1909-1911 collected for reference (folios 2-25). There are no papers between 1911 and 1933. The file concerns the establishment of money order service between Bahrain and Turkey and between Bahrain and India, and its increase from 1933. The corresponden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1909-28 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/2/1422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1422
Title:
File 14/7 Enquiries and requests for the new surcharged Bahrain stamps
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams from stamp dealers and collectors, requesting the newly issued Bahrain stamps and placing orders to purchase them. A list of stamps is on folio 14, and there is also mention of a special issue of stamps to commemorate the Silver Wedding of King Geor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1933-11 Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (85 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/2/1423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1423
Title:
File 14/8 Introduction of trans-desert mail service
Scope & Content:
The file contains the copy of a letter forwarded by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf to the Political Agent at Bahrain. The letter, written by the Secretary General Post Office to the Foreign Office, in London, concerns the introduction of a trans-desert mail service between Damascus a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1933-24 Oct 1933
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/2/1424

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1424
Title:
File 14/9 Correspondence re confidential and secret covers sent through commanders of BI steamers, BOAC etc or by other safe hand means
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence and telegrams requesting the collection and the delivery of letters and bags containing confidential and secret communication (not included). The principal correspondents are: Gray, Mackenzie & Co Ltd; Cable and Wireless Limited; the British Consul at Bas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1936-13 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (170 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/2/1425

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1425
Title:
File 14/10 Bahrain: Post Office building
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the lease of the Post Office and Sub-Postmaster's house in Manamah. The file includes copies of the 1944 rental agreement, between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs at New Delhi (folios 20, 21, 26...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1940-2 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (165 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/2/1426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1426
Title:
File 14/11 I Re: Security, Deposit, Accounts etc in the Post Office Savings Bank; Rules
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Finance Department of the Government of India, the British Residency at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Agent at Muscat, and the Sub-Postmaster at Bahrain. The Finance Department of the Government of India asks for views on secur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1940-24 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/2/1427

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1427
Title:
File 14/12 Correspondence with Residency Bushire and other places regarding way bills
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Residency Agent at Sharjah and the Political Agent at Bahrain. The correspondence is forwarding waybills for mail bags and letters (not included), and also includes orders for stamps.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1944-10 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/2/1428

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1428
Title:
File 14/13 Miscellaneous postal correspondence regarding despatch of foreign mails, telegrams etc
Scope & Content:
The first part of the file contains correspondence, notices and telegrams regarding various subjects: arrangements for the dispatch of mail and for the despatch of parcels and gifts to the United Kingdom during 1944 and 1945; restrictions on dispatch of Christmas cards and parcels for prisoners ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1944-30 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/2/1429

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1429
Title:
File 14/14 Postal franking machine for BAPCO
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) requesting to purchase a franking machine to cater for their needs for stamps. The request is granted by the Political Agent at Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1946-13 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)