The Wireless/Telegraph files of the Political Agency, Bahrain fall into two main groups. The first group (IOR/R/15/2/1764-1768) concerns the work of the Wireless (later Radio) Station, Bahrain in the period 1926-50. The station was initially run by the Indo-European Telegraph Department (a dep...
File 33/3 [16/2] Correspondence with the Wireless Station etc.
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The file contains correspondence concerning the radio (referred to earlier in the file as the wireless) station, Bahrain. The station was initially run by the Indo-European Telegraph Department (a department of the Government of India), but from 1931 responsibility passed to a public company, Im...
File 33/3 II Routine Correspondence with Cable & Wireless Ld., BAHRAIN
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The file contains correspondence on matters of routine administration between the Political Agency, Bahrain and Cable and Wireless Limited, Bahrain. The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Officer-in-Charge (later Manager), Cable and Wireless, Bahrain; and other members of...
The file contains correspondence and notices concerning telegraph services issued to the Political Agent, Bahrain by Cable and Wireless Limited, Bahrain. The correspondence and notices are mainly issued by the Officer-in-Charge (later Manager), Cable and Wireless, Bahrain. The papers cover: inf...
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...
File 33/9 [17/2] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MUHARRAQ & MANAMA.
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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,...
This file contains correspondence regarding attempts by Hugh Weightman, the Political Agent in Bahrain to encourage British nationals working in the country to make a monthly contribution to British war charities. The file contains a copy of a letter that was sent by Weightman to all British wo...
The 'War: Exports and Imports' sub-sub-series contains files related to the Political Agency in Bahrain's regulation of all imports/exports in to and out of Bahrain and the broader Persian Gulf region during and after the Second World War. As such, the files in this sub-sub-series primarily co...
File 36/1 (a) Government of India Notifications restricting export of certain commodities from India
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This file contains copies of notifications from the Government of India's Department of Commerce regarding wartime export restrictions and related correspondence. The notifications were forwarded to the Political Residency in Bushire and the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. The...
File 36/16 III Restrictions on shipment of goods from Bahrain
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This file contains export licence application forms submitted to the Political Agency in Bahrain by traders resident in the country (various shopkeepers and other sole traders as well as companies and some private individuals). The file also contains a limited amount of related correspondence fr...
