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IOR/R/15/6/460
- Record Id:
- 040-000242965
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000eb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100076196327.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/460
- Title:
- File 17/13 Acquisition of Gwadar Political Bungalow by Air Ministry for Imperial Airways
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the acquisition of a bungalow in Gwadur [Gwadar] by Imperial Airways. Prior to its purchase the bungalow was used primarily by British political officers passing through Gwadur. The correspondence also discusses the furnishing and subsequent uses of the bungalow, as well as the construction of a wireless station nearby. Plans of the proposed wireless station are included on folios 16 and 33.
The principal correspondents in the file are officials at the Political Agency in Muscat, the British Agency in Gwadur, the Government of India and the Indian Posts and Telegraph Department. Also contained is a limited amount of correspondence between officials at the Political Agency in Muscat and members of the Government of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. This correspondence is in Arabic accompanied by English translations.
- 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
038-000242958
040-000242965 - 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/15/6/454-463 : File 17: Government Property
IOR/R/15/6/460 : File 17/13 Acquisition of Gwadar Political Bungalow by Air Ministry for Imperial Airways - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/6/460, f 16 : Plan Showing Official Buildings at Gwadur with Proposed Site for Wireless Buildings
IOR/R/15/6/460, f 33 : Plan Showing Official Buildings at Gwadur with Proposed Site for Wireless Buildings
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/6/460 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0018]/038-000242958[0007]/040-000242965
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (135 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000eb
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1929
- End Date:
- 1942
- Date Range:
- 27 Feb 1929-13 Feb 1942
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 137; 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 5-128; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- File 17/13
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)