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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Cable and Wireless Ltd, 1929-1981

11. IOR/L/PS/12/3431

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3431
Title:
Coll 28/35 ‘Flying of Flags in; Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreigners in Persia. In. of Consular buildings’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the flying of flags and the positioning of flag staffs at British consular buildings in Persia [Iran], including at Britain’s naval base on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], and the British Consulate at Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The file begins in 1931 wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Oct 1931-31 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/3475

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3475
Title:
Coll 28/71 ‘Persia. Wireless Stations operated by the I. & I. C. Ltd. in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the importation of stores and equipment for wireless stations in the Persian Gulf (at Bushire, Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], Jask, and Charbar [Chabahar]) operated by Imperial and International Communications Limited (I&ICL), amid the handover of the stations to the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Aug 1932-1 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (232 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/3476

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3476
Title:
Coll 28/72 ‘Persia. Telegraph stations at Jask; Question of Persian encroachments and realignment of boundary.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence exchanged between the British Legation in Tehran, including HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and the Foreign Office, including the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, John Allsebrook Simon. The correspondence concerns questions over the extent of the conc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Jun 1932-7 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 file (108 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/3583

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3583
Title:
Coll 29/26 'Appointment of officials of Imperial and International Communication Co as consular officers at Jask and Charbar'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns consular functions carried out in Persia by officials of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and Imperial and International Communications Limited. The file covers: revised scale of allowances for the performance of political duties by officers of the Indo-European Telegrap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jul 1921-19 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (164 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/3591

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3591
Title:
Coll 29/30 'Supply of Reuter's news to posts in Persia after withdrawal of Indo European Telegraph Department; wireless set for Bushire Residency'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the supply of news to the British Legation in Tehran and the British consulates in Persia after the withdrawal of Indo European Telegraph Department. The file covers: proposal to employ an Armenian operator to supply wireless service to Tehran Legation provision of a wireless ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1930-6 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 file (144 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/4109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4109
Title:
Coll 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal communications in the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and, later, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The file covers: Desire of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish wireless stations in Hejaz and Nejd, 1926-29 Proposed wireless communicati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1925-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (514 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/4113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4113
Title:
Coll 35/11 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain wireless station; refusal of Persian government to accept telegraphic traffic to or from Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns wireless telegraph stations at Bahrain, telegraphic communications between Bushire and Bahrain, and the refusal of the Persian Government to accept telegraphic traffic to or from Bahrain. There is a sketch representing the cables and wireless system in the Persian Gulf, on foli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1932-23 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (140 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/4114A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4114A
Title:
Coll 35/12 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office in Kuwait and its development, to sustain the growing oil industry in Kuwait. The file contains: Proposed transfer of the control of the Post Office from Iraq to the Government of India, 1925-29 Proposed abolition of the Iraq Post and Telegraph Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 Feb 1925-26 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/4115A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4115A
Title:
Coll 35/12(2) 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office and telephones; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme; Cable and Wireless Agreement with Shaikh of Kuwait'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office and mail delivery in Kuwait. The file contains: Commercial agreement between ruler of Kuwait and Cable and Wireless Limited, 1941 Construction of wireless station at Kuwait, administered by Cable and Wireless Limited, 1941 Interruption of postal s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1941-15 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (360 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/12/4116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4116
Title:
Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file contains agreements with the ruler of Sharjah for the establishment of an air station by Imperial Airways, and correspondence related to the opening of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1933-26 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)