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The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. The papers include: correspondence between the Company and the Political Agent, Muscat, concerning the installation of air-conditioning in quarters occupied by the Company's staff; statistics of average monthly cable traf...
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. The papers consist almost entirely of correspondence between the Company and the Political Agent, Muscat, and cover: change of Company name; procedural matters; building works at the Company's premises; a request by the S...
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...
The file concerns proposals for the improvement of the mail service in Muscat and Oman. Muscat was said in 1944 to have been 'ill supplied with mail facilities for many months, resulting in serious delays in delivery of official mail and excessive expenditure on telegrams' (folio 45). The commer...
File 12/4 TELEGRAMS SENT FROM SALALAH BY SULTAN OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE
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The file concerns the procedure for the transmission of, and payment for, telegrams sent from Salalah [Şalālah] by Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, or his representative there. The papers show that in June 1947 the Royal Air Force (RAF) agreed to ...
The file title contains a misspelling: 'Economics' for 'Economies'. The file consists of a Foreign Office circular dated 24 November 1947 entitled 'Economies on Communications: Report'. The report contains recommendations for economies on telegrams and bag services (mail).
The file concerns Post Office buildings at Gwadur [Gwadar]. The papers cover: correspondence concerning the Post Office boundary; sketch plans of sites; the disposal and sale of buildings (the 'Old Political Bungalow' and the 'Inspection Bungalow') to the Government of Muscat and Oman; well; co...
The file concerns postal services at Muscat and Gwadar. The arrangements for postal services in the territories of Muscat and Oman were complicated from 1947 by the independence of India, and the transfer of responsibility for postal services from the Government of India to the Political Residen...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in the Gulf. The file contains the 'Note on certain enquiries made by the Committee [League of Nations Advisory Committee of Experts] relative to certain states in the Persian Gulf.' Included i...
The sub-sub series IOR/R/15/6/414-422 comprises correspondence relating to slavery and the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Much of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Muscat and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. Topics discussed include statistics in relation to applica...
