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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/6/402-413

1. IOR/R/15/6/402

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/402
Title:
File 12/1 KUWAIT/HAIFA COMMERCIAL MOTOR ROUTE
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a single demi-official letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the India Office, dated 5 February 1937, discussing the possibility of a commercial motor route from Kuwait to Haifa.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1937-5 Feb 1937
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/6/405

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/405
Title:
File 12/1 III Cable and Wireless Ltd
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. The papers include: draft of a Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Licence between the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Cable and Wireless Limited; draft and agreed versions of the Muscat-Muttrah Telephone Licence between ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1950-25 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (76 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/406

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/406
Title:
File 12/1 IV CABLE & WIRELESS LTD.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. The papers include: correspondence between the Company and the Political Agent, Muscat, concerning the installation of air-conditioning in quarters occupied by the Company's staff; statistics of average monthly cable traf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1951-2 Dec 1951
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

6. 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)

7. IOR/R/15/6/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/408
Title:
File 12/3 I MAIL SERVICE - MUSCAT & GWADUR
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operation of mail services to and from Muscat and Oman. The papers include: correspondence concerning the Muscat Political Agency launch; proposals for an air mail service between Muscat and India via Bahrain; the operation of a commercial contract for carrying mail by lau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/409
Title:
File 12/3 II RAS-AL-HADD MAIL SERVICE PROPOSAL
Scope & Content:
The file concerns proposals for the improvement of the mail service in Muscat and Oman. Muscat was said in 1944 to have been 'ill supplied with mail facilities for many months, resulting in serious delays in delivery of official mail and excessive expenditure on telegrams' (folio 45). The commer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1943-16 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/410
Title:
File 12/4 TELEGRAMS SENT FROM SALALAH BY SULTAN OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the procedure for the transmission of, and payment for, telegrams sent from Salalah [Şalālah] by Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, or his representative there. The papers show that in June 1947 the Royal Air Force (RAF) agreed to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1947-19 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/411
Title:
File 12/5 ECONOMICS ON COMMUNICATIONS
Scope & Content:
The file title contains a misspelling: 'Economics' for 'Economies'. The file consists of a Foreign Office circular dated 24 November 1947 entitled 'Economies on Communications: Report'. The report contains recommendations for economies on telegrams and bag services (mail).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)