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1. IOR/L/MIL/5/804

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/5/804
Title:
Correspondence, telegrams and notes on Persia, 1917-1919: Eastern Persian Cordon
Scope & Content:
The papers in this file relate to the Eastern Persia Cordon. The papers include: the telegram from the British Consul in Sistan on road-making (18 October 1918); The number of British officers in the Sistan and Khorasan Levy Corps (29 October 1918); the possibility of recruiting Hazara men for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1917-Oct 1918
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/608

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/608
Title:
File 2976/1916 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Bunder Abbas Kerman Telegraph and Road'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of two parts: Part 1 and Part 2 both contain papers relating to the construction of a telegraph line and road from Bandar Abbas (or Bunder Abbas or Bander Abbas) [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] to Kerman in Persia [Iran]; Part 2 also includes some papers relating to the development of road...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1922
Extent:
1 volume (370 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/4156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4156
Title:
Coll 35/48 'Muscat: installation of automatic telephone system'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the installation of telephone equipment at Muscat by Cable and Wireless Limited. The file contains correspondence between: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Cable and Wireless Limited; the General Post Office; and Automatic Telep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1946-26 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1608

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1608
Title:
File 17/7 Electric Installation – E. Engine spare parts & Use of current in the Agency Buildings – Telephones.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the supply of electrical goods, engine parts, and other mechanical devices to the Political Agency, Bahrain. It includes correspondence with electrical and engineering companies, as well as memoranda, invoices, receipts, product brochures, and price lists. Correspondents incl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1926-15 Aug 1933
Extent:
1 file (182 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1769

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1769
Title:
File 33/7 [17/16] BAHRAIN TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposal by the Air Liaison Officer, Bahrein [Bahrain] to replace existing service telephone poles and lines along the causeway between Manama and Muharraq with longer-lasting fittings, such as steel poles. The main correspondents are the Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain (also r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1945-15 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1770
Title:
File 33/9 [17/2] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MUHARRAQ & MANAMA.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the installation of a telephone line connecting the Imperial Airways aerodrome (landing ground) at Muharraq and the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications at Manama with the Bahrain telephone exchange. The work was undertaken by the Government of Bahrain,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1932-2 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/5/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/212
Title:
File 4/24 Shaikh's Wireless Telephone Set
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding a wireless telephone set that was being used by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to address the public in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the technical details involved in this process as well as wha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1940-9 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/280

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/280
Title:
File 8/88 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN MUSCAT.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to plans for the installation of an automatic telephone system in Muscat. It concerns reports that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] is considering introducing a telephone system (consisting of around 80-100 connections) to the towns of Muscat and Mat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1945-3 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)