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1. IOR/R/15/5/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/273
Title:
File 6/1 I Aviation Imperial Airways
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the management of Imperial Airways, the Political Agent in Kuwait, and the Political Resident at Bushire that discusses the possibility of a passenger service to and from Kuwait on Imperial Airways. Considerations of postal deliveries and pickups, possibl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1932-18 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (196 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/408
Title:
File 12/3 I MAIL SERVICE - MUSCAT & GWADUR
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/409
Title:
File 12/3 II RAS-AL-HADD MAIL SERVICE PROPOSAL
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1943-16 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)