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037-000229279 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Postal services

1. IOR/R/15/2/1423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1423
Title:
File 14/8 Introduction of trans-desert mail service
Scope & Content:
The file contains the copy of a letter forwarded by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf to the Political Agent at Bahrain. The letter, written by the Secretary General Post Office to the Foreign Office, in London, concerns the introduction of a trans-desert mail service between Damascus a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1933-24 Oct 1933
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1429

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1429
Title:
File 14/14 Postal franking machine for BAPCO
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) requesting to purchase a franking machine to cater for their needs for stamps. The request is granted by the Political Agent at Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1946-13 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1412
Title:
File 14/1 V Conveyance of mails at Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence with Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo, regarding the contract for conveyance of mail at Bahrain, and the cost of the service. The file also contains copies of agreements between the Political Agency and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo (folios 4-7, 20-24, 37-40).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1945-1 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1430
Title:
File 14/15 Money order and cash-on-delivery services between UK and the Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters from the Foreign Office, forwarded by the Political Residency at Bahrain to the Political Agent at Bahrain, regarding the introduction of money order and cash-on-delivery services between UK and the Gulf. This was allowed for the purpose of helping the Oil Companies and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1950
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1524

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1524
Title:
‘File 16/27 Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous Assistance to Government Officials’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence sent to and from the Political Agency, and dealing with a miscellaneous range of day-to-day matters: arrangements amongst British officials and shipping agents in the Persian Gulf for the delivery, forwarding and receipt of letters, packages, furniture, motor vehicles, and other i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1920-13 Nov 1954
Extent:
1 file (283 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1531

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1531
Title:
‘File 16/32-II Miscellaneous. Correspondence with the Residency, Bushire.’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the Persian Gulf Political Residency or British Consulate in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The papers deal with matters of a routine nature, including: the order of goods from suppliers and me...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1938-26 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (271 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1532
Title:
‘File 16/32 III Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, Bushire.’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the Persian Gulf Political Residency or British Consulate in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32-II Miscellaneous. Correspondence with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1941-10 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (401 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1533

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1533
Title:
‘File 16/32 IV Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, Bushire’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 III Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1943-5 Mar 1944
Extent:
1 file (371 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1534

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1534
Title:
‘File 16/32 VI Routine correspondence with Bushire Residency’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 IV Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Residency, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1944-4 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (225 folios)