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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Postal services Name Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, 1822-1971

1. IOR/F/4/2728/198379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2728/198379
Title:
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to a complaint made against the Master of the transport “Duke of Wellington” and to certain postal matters connected with the Squadron in the - .’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 8 March 1858. The Political Letter appears in IOR/F/4/2728/198372. The enclosures are da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1857-23 Feb 1858
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/98
Title:
Vol 134 Secret letters inward
Scope & Content:
The volume contains three letters and a company circular received by the British Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, from: a British company in Baghdad advertising its new overland postal service in Arabia (folios 1A-3), Commander Porter reporting on his sea patrol of the Persian Gulf in Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1842-14 Jun 1843
Extent:
1 volume, 3 items (6 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/709

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/709
Title:
‘File 28/18 Sabotage smuggling etc of mail’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and notes relating to the possible sabotage and smuggling of mail: a telegram from the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (SNOPG), dated 18 November 1940, reporting a suspected case of sabotage in which a leaking jar of acid was found in a mail bag (f 2); a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1940-22 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/5/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/98
Title:
1/C Vol: V Miscellaneous.
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, printed reports, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics concerning the Kuwait Agency from August to December 1924. The discussion in the volume relates to the following topics: Ikhwan raids, 1924 Proposed land mail serv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1924-27 Dec 1924
Extent:
1 volume (208 folios)