File 14/5 II Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the opening of a Post Office in Dubai, rather than in Sharjah (see IOR/R/15/2/1418); the main subjects are arrangements for the building, air mail facilities and conveyance of mail. The file contains an agreement with the contractor for t...
File 14/5 III Correspondence regarding postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding the postal service in Dubai. The file includes the 1946-1947 agreements with the contractor for the conveyance of mail at Dubai, Khan Sahib Husain (on folios 35-39 and 65-68), and correspondence regarding the purchase of a second hand car ...
File 14/6 Postal commission on Government Servants' money orders
Scope & Content:
A 1930s file which includes material from 1909-1911 collected for reference (folios 2-25). There are no papers between 1911 and 1933. The file concerns the establishment of money order service between Bahrain and Turkey and between Bahrain and India, and its increase from 1933. The corresponden...
File 14/7 Enquiries and requests for the new surcharged Bahrain stamps
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams from stamp dealers and collectors, requesting the newly issued Bahrain stamps and placing orders to purchase them. A list of stamps is on folio 14, and there is also mention of a special issue of stamps to commemorate the Silver Wedding of King Geor...
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...
File 14/9 Correspondence re confidential and secret covers sent through commanders of BI steamers, BOAC etc or by other safe hand means
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence and telegrams requesting the collection and the delivery of letters and bags containing confidential and secret communication (not included). The principal correspondents are: Gray, Mackenzie & Co Ltd; Cable and Wireless Limited; the British Consul at Bas...
The file contains correspondence regarding the lease of the Post Office and Sub-Postmaster's house in Manamah. The file includes copies of the 1944 rental agreement, between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs at New Delhi (folios 20, 21, 26...
File 14/11 I Re: Security, Deposit, Accounts etc in the Post Office Savings Bank; Rules
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Finance Department of the Government of India, the British Residency at Bushire, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Agent at Muscat, and the Sub-Postmaster at Bahrain. The Finance Department of the Government of India asks for views on secur...
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.
File 14/13 Miscellaneous postal correspondence regarding despatch of foreign mails, telegrams etc
Scope & Content:
The first part of the file contains correspondence, notices and telegrams regarding various subjects: arrangements for the dispatch of mail and for the despatch of parcels and gifts to the United Kingdom during 1944 and 1945; restrictions on dispatch of Christmas cards and parcels for prisoners ...
