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IOR/L/PS/12/4148
- Record Id:
- 040-000559237
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000559186
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002d6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100085035560.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/4148
- Title:
- Coll 35/41 'Persian Gulf: radio telephone communication between Bahrain, and the mainland of Saudi Arabia (Dhahran) for the use of Californian Standard Oil Company'
- Scope & Content:
-
The file concerns private use of radio wireless communications between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for oil companies.
The file contains:
- applications for permission to institute wireless communication between California Arabian Standard Oil Company in Bahrain and its representatives in Hasa [Saudi Arabia], 1940-46
- applications for permission to institute wireless communication by Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO),1940-46
- request by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited for installation of a radio telephone set in their Bahrain Office, 1941.
The file contains correspondence between: the India Office; the Foreign Office; Imperial Communications Advisory Committee; Hamilton R Ballantyne, representing California Arabian Standard Oil Company and Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent at Bahrain; Cable and Wireless Limited; Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited; the General Post Office; the Postal and Telegraph Censorship Department; the Admiralty; and the Commonwealth Communications Council.
- 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
040-000559237 - 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/12/4148 : Coll 35/41 'Persian Gulf: radio telephone communication between Bahrain, and the mainland of Saudi Arabia (Dhahran) for the use… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0036]/037-000559186[0051]/040-000559237
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (487 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002d6
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1938
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 3 Nov 1938-7 Dec 1946
- 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 last folio with 488; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 14A
- Former External References:
- Coll 35/41
- 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)