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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Wireless telegraphy

11. IOR/L/PS/12/4107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4107
Title:
Coll 35/4 'Arabia: postal communication between Kamaran and Jizan; wireless communication between Aden and Jizan'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the transmission of post between Jizan (Saudi Arabia) and Kamaran (Yemen), and covers the establishment of wireless telecommunications between Jizan and Aden. The file is composed of correspondence between: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1931-9 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

12. IOR/L/PS/12/4109

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4109
Title:
Coll 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal communications in the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and, later, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The file covers: Desire of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish wireless stations in Hejaz and Nejd, 1926-29 Proposed wireless communicati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1925-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (514 folios)

13. IOR/L/PS/12/4111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4111
Title:
Coll 35/8 'Persia: reports on telegraphic and telephonic communications; proposed developments'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns reports on wireless telegraph system and telephonic communications in Persia (Iran) and developments proposed by Government of India. The file is composed of correspondence between the British Legation at Tehran, the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the India Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1932-20 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (38 folios)

14. IOR/L/PS/12/4113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4113
Title:
Coll 35/11 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain wireless station; refusal of Persian government to accept telegraphic traffic to or from Bahrain'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns wireless telegraph stations at Bahrain, telegraphic communications between Bushire and Bahrain, and the refusal of the Persian Government to accept telegraphic traffic to or from Bahrain. There is a sketch representing the cables and wireless system in the Persian Gulf, on foli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1932-23 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (140 folios)

15. IOR/L/PS/12/4114A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4114A
Title:
Coll 35/12 'Kuwait: post and telegraph office; participation of Iraq in Empire Air Mail Scheme'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the Post and Telegraph Office in Kuwait and its development, to sustain the growing oil industry in Kuwait. The file contains: Proposed transfer of the control of the Post Office from Iraq to the Government of India, 1925-29 Proposed abolition of the Iraq Post and Telegraph Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
7 Feb 1925-26 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

16. IOR/L/PS/12/4114B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4114B
Title:
Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930
Scope & Content:
Printed volume containing details and rules of posting in Iraq. Key chapters in the volume cover: Inland post Foreign post Foreign parcel post Money orders Official post articles Railway post letters Telegraphs. There are some loose folios in an envelope, placed at the back of the volume. These...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1930-c 1939
Extent:
1 file (229 folios)

17. IOR/L/PS/12/4116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4116
Title:
Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file contains agreements with the ruler of Sharjah for the establishment of an air station by Imperial Airways, and correspondence related to the opening of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah. The file is ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1933-26 Jun 1947
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

18. IOR/L/PS/12/4117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4117
Title:
Coll 35/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: postal administration'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the postal service in Persia and in the Persian Gulf. The file contains: Review of postal service in Persia [Iran] and in the Persian Gulf, with complaints of inefficiencies since their transfer under Persian administration, 1923 Bushire - Shiraz mail service, 1923 Proposed ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Jun 1923-13 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

19. IOR/L/PS/12/4121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4121
Title:
Coll 35/16A 'Kuwait Air Mail services'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the delivery of airmail between UK and Kuwait, and between Kuwait and Iraq. The file contains correspondence between the UK General Post Office, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the India Office, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1948-19 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

20. IOR/L/PS/12/4122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4122
Title:
Coll 35/16B 'Post and telegraph arrangements at Gwadur'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the opening of a post and telegraph office at Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan], operated by Cable and Wireless, and the telegraph lines between Muscat and Gwadur. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Muscat, the Political Resident in the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1947-14 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)