IOR/L/PS/12/4119

The file concerns postal offices in the Persian Gulf.

The file contains:

• Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office at Sharjah, 1933-37
• Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office in Dubai, 1938
• Note on the Indian Post and Telegraph Services in the Persian Gulf, 1946
• Future administration of postal services in the Persian Gulf after Indian and Pakistan Independence, 1947
• A copy of 'A decree to provide for the establishment and regulation of post offices and the conveyance of mail' at the Zanzibar Protectorate, 1935
• A copy of agreement between the Governor General in Council and the Kuwait Zubair Transport Company to provide a motor vehicle service for transit, conveyance and delivery of mail in the Persian Gulf, 1947
• Postal service to the British Post Office agencies in the Persian Gulf, 1948.

The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Government of India; the Political Agency at Bahrain; the General Post Office; the Air Ministry; the Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Said bin Maktoom; the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi; the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, India; HM Treasury; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations of the Government of Pakistan; the HM Ministry of Civil Aviation; the Commonwealth Relations Office: the HM Ministry of Works; and Cable and Wireless Limited.