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IOR/R/15/2/1266
- Record Id:
- 040-000229589
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035904975.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1266
- Title:
- File 6/48 Telephones - Correspondence regarding
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence regarding the telephone network in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the State Engineer of the Government of Bahrain. The papers are concerned with the maintenance and extension of the network, changes to telephone charges, complaints about the service, and the installation of lines and telephone equipment at the Political Agency, Royal Air Force (RAF) Rest House, British Naval Base, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital.
Further correspondence is from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Imperial and International Communications Limited (later Cable and Wireless), the Officer Commanding at RAF Headquarters in Basra, the Naval Officer in Charge in Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the firms Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) (in whose offices lines were also installed).
Included within the file are the following documents:
- the 'Bahrain Automatic Telephone System - Agreement for Telephone Installation', produced by Cable and Wireless Limited (folios 119-126);
- a General Electric Company (GEC) catalogue, K Section, 15th Edition, September 1928 (folios 142-167).
Folios 168-188 are internal office notes.
- 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
038-000229522
040-000229589 - 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/15/2/1200-1312 : File 6: Bahrain State
IOR/R/15/2/1266 : File 6/48 Telephones - Correspondence regarding - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0006]/038-000229522[0067]/040-000229589
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (188 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 2 Mar 1932-8 Jul 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 190; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-118; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- File 6/48
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)