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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Post offices Name British Legation, Tehran, c 1836-1944

1. 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)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/4118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4118
Title:
Coll 35/15 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain; issue of postage stamps'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal service in Bahrain, and the issue of postage stamps for use in Bahrain. The file contains: Introduction and supply of Indian stamps overprinted with the word 'Bahrain', 1932 Persian protest against issue of Indian postage stamps surcharged 'Bahrain' and refusal to accep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Sep 1931-22 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/4119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4119
Title:
Coll 35/16 'Opening of an Indian Post Office at Dubai: postal arrangements in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal offices in the Persian Gulf. The file contains: Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office at Sharjah, 1933-37 Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office in Dubai, 1938 Note on the Indian Post and Telegraph Services in the Persian Gulf, 1946 Future adminis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1933-10 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (368 folios)