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IOR/L/PS/12/4116
- Record Id:
- 040-000559205
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000559186
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002b6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049399398.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/4116
- Title:
- Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah.
The file contains agreements with the ruler of Sharjah for the establishment of an air station by Imperial Airways, and correspondence related to the opening of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah.
The file is composed of correspondence between: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Trenchard Craven William Fowle; the Secretary of State for India; Imperial Airways; the Air Ministry; the Admiralty; the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi; the General Post Office; and Cable and Wireless Limited.
- 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
040-000559205 - 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/12/4116 : Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0036]/037-000559186[0019]/040-000559205
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (88 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002b6
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 20 Feb 1933-26 Jun 1947
- 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 89; 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 35/13
- 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)
- Names:
- Admiralty, 1708-1964
Air Ministry, 1918-1964
Cable and Wireless Ltd, 1929-1981
Emir of Sharjah, al-Qāsimī dynasty, 1866-
Foreign Office, 1782-1968
General Post Office, 1660-1969
Imperial Airways, 1924-1939
Persian Gulf Political Residency, 1822-1971 - Subjects:
- Post offices
Wireless telegraphy - Places:
- Sharja, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- IOR/L/PS/12/3807
