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IOR/R/15/6/405
- Record Id:
- 040-000242905
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000b4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100074499079.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/405
- Title:
- File 12/1 III Cable and Wireless Ltd
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat.
The papers include: draft of a Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Licence between the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Cable and Wireless Limited; draft and agreed versions of the Muscat-Muttrah Telephone Licence between the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Cable and Wireless Limited; related correspondence, including letters from the Overseas Telecommunications Department of the General Post Office, London, summarising the position which the negotiations over the Company's concession had reached; correspondence concerning a site for the Company's Exchange, including a plan of the Muscat Consulate Compound and Adjacent Buildings, 1948 (folio 77), showing the Company's proposals to take over and extend an existing building there; and correspondence between the Ministry of Works, Middle East, the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Company, concerning the lease of buildings to the Company from the British Government.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000242469
037-000242557
038-000242901
040-000242905 - 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/15/6 : Political Agency, Muscat
IOR/R/15/6/70-472 : Muscat Agency, Subject Files
IOR/R/15/6/402-413 : File 12: Roads and Communications
IOR/R/15/6/405 : File 12/1 III Cable and Wireless Ltd - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/6/405, f 77 : MUSCAT. CONSULATE COMPOUND AND ADJACENT BUILDINGS.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/6/405 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0013]/038-000242901[0004]/040-000242905
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (76 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000b4
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1950
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 16 Jan 1950-25 Nov 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 78; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- Subject files: File 12/1/3
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)