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IOR/L/PS/12/4112
- Record Id:
- 040-000559199
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000559186
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002b0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049229415.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/4112
- Title:
- Coll 35/10 'Afghanistan: entry into International Postal and Telegraph Unions; reorganisation of posts and telegraphs services'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns the re-organization of Posts and Telegraphs in Afghanistan.
The file covers:
- Arrangements with the Afghan Government for the transport of passengers, goods and mails between Peshawar and Kabul, 1923
- Negotiations for Afghanistan to enter Postal Union, 1923
- Afghan postal office in Peshawar, 1923
- Appointment of a French Official of the Postes, télégraphes et telephones (PTT) by the Afghan Government to organise its postal and telegraph services, 1926
- Afghanistan enters the International Telegraph Union. Validity of Afghan stamps, 1928
- Establishment of postal exchange offices between Afghanistan and India, 1928
- Universal Postal Congress, 1934
- Despatch of telegrams from Afghanistan, 1936
- Afghan postal code, 1938.
The file is composed of correspondence between: the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the India Office; HM Legation at Kabul; the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council; Service Central de Postes, télégraphes et telephones; the Afghan Foreign Office; and the Swiss Embassy in London.
The file also contains a cutting from The Times and some correspondence in French.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000559186
040-000559199 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/4100-4162 : Political (External) Collection 35: Telegraphic, Telephonic, Postal and Wireless Communications
IOR/L/PS/12/4112 : Coll 35/10 'Afghanistan: entry into International Postal and Telegraph Unions; reorganisation of posts and telegraphs… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0036]/037-000559186[0013]/040-000559199
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (127 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002b0
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1923
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 20 Mar 1923-24 Feb 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 128; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 35/10
- 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)