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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Superintendent of Post Offices, Lower Sind and the Persian Gulf, Karachi, Mid 20th century

1. IOR/R/15/2/478

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/478
Title:
11/18 EXCHANGE OF MAILS BETWEEN HASA & BAHRAIN
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the exchange of postal services between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and covers: 1932-1933 (ff 2-30): the conveyance of post between Hasa [al-Aḥsā’] and Bahrain, as well as between Hasa and other foreign countries via Bahrain; 1934 (ff 31-43): Saudi Posts, Telegraph and Telephone ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1932-30 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1415

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1415
Title:
File 14/3 I Establishment; pay and allowances, correspondence re
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding staff, pay and allowances at the Post Office in Bahrain. The main subjects are: request for increase of pay from the Post Master at Bahrain, due to the high cost of living and the increased workload; allowance to the Post Office employees ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1926-26 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (276 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1416

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1416
Title:
File 14/3 II Establishments, pay and allowances etc
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding staff, pay, and allowances at the Post Office in Bahrain. The file mainly concerns drinking water allowance, house rent allowance and other benefits for Post Office clerks, and includes a letter signed by all staff requesting a pay rise. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1939-11 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (120 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1417

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1417
Title:
File 14/4 Post Office at Moharraq
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding the need for facilities to convey mail at Moharraq (Muharraq, Bahrain) and the subsequent arrangements for the opening of a Post Office, staffed with a postman sent from Manama via boat twice a week to make deliveries, clean the letterbox ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1928-26 Apr 1949
Extent:
1 file (95 folios)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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)