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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Wireless telegraphy Name Commonwealth Relations Office, 1947-1966

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/4121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4121
Title:
Coll 35/16A 'Kuwait Air Mail services'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the delivery of airmail between UK and Kuwait, and between Kuwait and Iraq. The file contains correspondence between the UK General Post Office, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the India Office, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1948-19 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/4122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4122
Title:
Coll 35/16B 'Post and telegraph arrangements at Gwadur'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the opening of a post and telegraph office at Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan], operated by Cable and Wireless, and the telegraph lines between Muscat and Gwadur. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Muscat, the Political Resident in the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1947-14 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/4139

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4139
Title:
Coll 35/29 'Persian Gulf: question of payment to Sultan for telegraph facilities at Muscat'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns telegraphic communications in Muscat. The file contains: Request of Sultan of Muscat for payment of rent from Cable and Wireless Limited for telegraph cables landing in his territory, 1938 Installation of a wireless set at Muscat by Cable and Wireless, 1939 Licences to Cable a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1937-21 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (166 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/4161A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4161A
Title:
Coll 35/50(1) 'Diplomatic wireless service: transmission of telegrams to UK High Commissioners at New Delhi and Karachi'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the transmission of telegrams to the UK High Commissioners at New Delhi and Karachi. The file contains correspondence between the UK High Commissioner at New Delhi, the UK High Commissioner at Karachi, the Commonwealth Relations Office, and the Foreign Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1948-5 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/4161B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4161B
Title:
Coll 35/50(2) 'Diplomatic wireless: transmitter sets for use by diplomatic representatives'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the use of wireless transmitters by British diplomatic representatives in India. The file contains correspondence between the High Commissioner for India in London, the Commonwealth Relations Office, and the Foreign Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1948-29 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)