IOR/R/15/6/403

The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat.

The papers include: the introduction by the Company of a cable running direct from Karachi to Muscat, and from Muscat to Bushire, and the enlargement of the cable station at Muscat, 1935; the issuing of a licence to the Company to land their cables at Muscat, and to use a wireless set there, in exchange for an annual rental paid direct to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, 1935-39; a copy of the licence issued to Cable and Wireless Limited by the Government of India for landing at Karachi and working a submarine cable connecting Karachi with Muscat (folios 103-105); interruptions to the cable service at Muscat; erection of masts at the station, 1939; the posting of a guard at the station, 1940; wartime security measures, including instructions issued by Army Headquarters, India, for the temporary disabling of wireless stations in the event of capture by an enemy, 1940; and general matters.

The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat, and Cable and Wireless Limited. The file also contains correspondence from Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman.

The Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately seven folios of correspondence (with English translations) between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the Political Agent, Muscat.