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1. IOR/R/15/2/1097

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1097
Title:
File 3/14 III Arrival and departure of ships and B.I.S.N. sailings
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the arrrival and departure of mail ships and British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Steamships for transport of slow mail included the Barala and the Barjora. One letter describes how the Government of India commandeered deck space for a thousand returning Shia pil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1944-3 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 volume (44 pages)

2. IOR/R/15/5/97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/97
Title:
'1/C Volume IV Miscellaneous'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a variety of miscellaneous topics in the period December 1923 to July 1924. The principal topics discussed are: A proposal to replace the Iraq Post Office in Kuwait, 1924. Purchase of land in Iraq by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1923-22 Jul 1924
Extent:
1 volume (312 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/408
Title:
File 12/3 I MAIL SERVICE - MUSCAT & GWADUR
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operation of mail services to and from Muscat and Oman. The papers include: correspondence concerning the Muscat Political Agency launch; proposals for an air mail service between Muscat and India via Bahrain; the operation of a commercial contract for carrying mail by lau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)