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IOR/R/15/2/1417
- Record Id:
- 040-000229748
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000098
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026203674.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1417
- Title:
- File 14/4 Post Office at Moharraq
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding the need for facilities to convey mail at Moharraq (Muharraq, Bahrain) and the subsequent arrangements for the opening of a Post Office, staffed with a postman sent from Manama via boat twice a week to make deliveries, clean the letterbox and sell stamps. A sketch of the building rented to host the Post Office at Muharraq is on folio 77.
The file also discusses the proposal to open a branch telegraph Office of the Wireless in the Bazaar at Manama, which is refused by the Imperial and International Communications Limited.
The correspondents are: the Superintendent of Post Offices, Lower Sind and Persian Gulf Division, at Karachi; Imperial and International Communications Limited, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Sub-Postmaster at Bahrain; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.
- 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
040-000229748 - 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
IOR/R/15/2/1417 : File 14/4 Post Office at Moharraq - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0014]/038-000229740[0008]/040-000229748
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (95 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000098
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1928
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 1 Feb 1928-26 Apr 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; 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 present in parallel between ff 3-88; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: 14/4
- Arrangement:
- The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 89-96. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)