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IOR/R/15/2/1410-1430
- Record Id:
- 038-000229740
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000061.0x0000dc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1410-1430
- Title:
- File 14: Postal
- Scope & Content:
-
The 31 files forming the 'Postal' subject files were produced by the Political Agency in Bahrain.
The 'Postal' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident at Bushire, other British authorities, various Post Officers, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and various companies.
The main subject is postal services in Bahrain and in other Persian Gulf countries: conveyance of mail, despatch of mail, air mail service, shipping, and postal facilities in the Persian Gulf area.
Some documents are in Arabic, with English translation.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000229279
038-000229740 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/963-1823 : Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/1410-1430 : File 14: Postal - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/2/1410 : File 14/1 Correspondence regarding calls of mail steamers at Bahrain and general correspondence regarding postal matters
IOR/R/15/2/1411 : File 14/1 IV General correspondence regarding postal matters and conveyance of mails at Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1412 : File 14/1 V Conveyance of mails at Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1413 : File 14/2 II Arrival and departure of steamers, planes, launches etc; lists of passengers
IOR/R/15/2/1414 : File 14/2 III Arrival and departure of steamers, planes, launches, etc; lists of passengers
IOR/R/15/2/1415 : File 14/3 I Establishment; pay and allowances, correspondence re
IOR/R/15/2/1416 : File 14/3 II Establishments, pay and allowances etc
IOR/R/15/2/1417 : File 14/4 Post Office at Moharraq
IOR/R/15/2/1418 : File 14/5 Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Shargah and Dubai
IOR/R/15/2/1419 : File 14/5 II Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai
IOR/R/15/2/1420 : File 14/5 III Correspondence regarding postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai
IOR/R/15/2/1421 : File 14/6 Postal commission on Government Servants' money orders
IOR/R/15/2/1422 : File 14/7 Enquiries and requests for the new surcharged Bahrain stamps
IOR/R/15/2/1423 : File 14/8 Introduction of trans-desert mail service
IOR/R/15/2/1424 : File 14/9 Correspondence re confidential and secret covers sent through commanders of BI steamers, BOAC etc or by other safe…
IOR/R/15/2/1425 : File 14/10 Bahrain: Post Office building
IOR/R/15/2/1426 : File 14/11 I Re: Security, Deposit, Accounts etc in the Post Office Savings Bank; Rules
IOR/R/15/2/1427 : File 14/12 Correspondence with Residency Bushire and other places regarding way bills
IOR/R/15/2/1428 : File 14/13 Miscellaneous postal correspondence regarding despatch of foreign mails, telegrams etc
IOR/R/15/2/1429 : File 14/14 Postal franking machine for BAPCO
IOR/R/15/2/1430 : File 14/15 Money order and cash-on-delivery services between UK and the Gulf
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/2/1410-1430 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0014]/038-000229740
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSubSeries
- Extent:
- 21 files (2922 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1926
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 1926-1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: File 14
- Arrangement:
- The 'Postal' subject files are based on a subject file system, with 'Postal' being allocated to File 14, followed by an oblique stroke and a file number for every successive file opened on the subject, from 14/1 to 14/15. These numbers are sometimes also followed by a part number, for example 14/1 IV.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971