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IOR/R/15/2/1420
- Record Id:
- 040-000229751
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00009b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026469970.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1420
- Title:
- File 14/5 III Correspondence regarding postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding the postal service in Dubai. The file includes the 1946-1947 agreements with the contractor for the conveyance of mail at Dubai, Khan Sahib Husain (on folios 35-39 and 65-68), and correspondence regarding the purchase of a second hand car for mail conveyance.
The correspondents are: Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm, Ruler of Dubai; Khalil bin Ebrahim Kanoo; the External (Foreign) Affairs Department of the Government of India, New Delhi; the Director of Post and Telegraphs, Sind and Baluchistan Circle, at Karachi; the Sub-Postmaster, Dubai; the Residency Agent at Sharjah; the Political Officer in the Trucial Coast; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; 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
040-000229751 - 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/15/2/1420 : File 14/5 III Correspondence regarding postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0014]/038-000229740[0011]/040-000229751
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (98 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00009b
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 12 Jun 1945-22 Mar 1948
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 100; 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 2-19; 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: 14/5 III
- Arrangement:
- The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 89-99. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)