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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Native Agent, Trucial Coast, Sharjah, c 1823-1949

191. IOR/R/15/2/1410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1410
Title:
File 14/1 Correspondence regarding calls of mail steamers at Bahrain and general correspondence regarding postal matters
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams, correspondence and notices regarding postal matters: conveyance of mail at Bahrain, dispatch of mail from Bahrain, air mail service, shipping, postal facilities in the Persian Gulf area, and restriction of telecommunications and mail services to other countries durin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 May 1938-23 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (302 folios)

192. IOR/R/15/2/1418

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1418
Title:
File 14/5 Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Shargah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the proposal to open a Post Office in Sharjah and Dubai. The Ruler of Sharjah requests that the name of Sharjah is printed on the stamps. The file also contains agreements with Imperial Airways for the delivery of mail, and arrangements f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1932-27 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (266 folios)

193. IOR/R/15/2/1419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1419
Title:
File 14/5 II Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the opening of a Post Office in Dubai, rather than in Sharjah (see IOR/R/15/2/1418); the main subjects are arrangements for the building, air mail facilities and conveyance of mail. The file contains an agreement with the contractor for t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1940-9 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (229 folios)

194. 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)

195. 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)

196. IOR/R/15/2/1595

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1595
Title:
File 17/1 II Stationery - from Jany 1934
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding stationery orders for the Political Agency in Bahrain, consisting of requisition orders, stationery indents, tonnage certificates, and designs for rubber stamps. Correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent, Bahrain; the Deputy Controller of Stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1934-25 May 1938
Extent:
1 file (289 folios)

197. IOR/R/15/2/1610

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1610
Title:
File 17/8 II Typewriters, supply of - Corr. re:-
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the supply and maintenance of typewriters for the Political Agency, Bahrain. The primary correspondents are the Political Agency, Bahrain; the Political Residency, Persian Gulf; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; the Central Stationery Office, Calcutta; and the customs hous...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1934-4 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (325 folios)

198. IOR/R/15/2/1620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1620
Title:
File 17/17 Supply of Broadcasting receiving sets
Scope & Content:
This file concerns plans for wireless broadcasting sets to be provided to the Political Agencies at Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat, as well as at the Residency at Sharjah, for the purpose of making up-to-date news available (with the cost of the wireless sets being borne wholly by His Majesty's Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1936-1 Jun 1944
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

199. IOR/R/15/2/1624

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1624
Title:
File 17/21 Purchase of a Pick up for the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the purchase in 1941 of a Ford Pickup (1939 model) from Khalil bin Ebrahim Kanoo for the use of the Trucial Coast Agency, along with subsequent repairs and acquisitions of replacement parts; of particular concern is the necessity of fitting desert tires to the pickup. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1941-4 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (125 folios)

200. IOR/R/15/2/1630

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1630
Title:
File 17/29 DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT ORIGINALLY ORDERED FOR INSTALLATION IN CONSULATES AT BANDAR ABBAS AND BUSHIRE
Scope & Content:
This file documents the Bahrain Political Agent's efforts to find a new owner for some electric generating equipment that was ordered from England by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. In order to avoid having to cancel the order (and pay a large cancellation fee) the Residency requests...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1947-20 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)