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IOR/L/PS/12/4149
- Record Id:
- 040-000559238
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000559186
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002d7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100057378808.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/4149
- Title:
- Coll 35/42 'Persian Gulf: cable arrangements'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns the Persian Gulf cable system.
The file contains:
- suggestions for bypassing Bushire during communication with India via Bahrain
- a copy of the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia, 1933
- interruption to Bahrain cable, and communications with Iran and Iraq during the Second World War, 1942
- recommended restoration of cables in Bushire and Bahrain, 1946
- installation of telephone system at Bahrain, 1946-47
- proposed transfer of Cable and Wireless Limited to public ownership, 1946
- sketch map showing proposed rearrangement of Persian Gulf Cables, 1947 (f 57).
The file contains correspondence between: the War Office; the Foreign Office; the Government of India; the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Imperial Communications Committee; HM Treasury; the Admiralty; the General Post Office; HM Embassy at Tehran; HM Embassy at Baghdad; 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
040-000559238 - 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/12/4149 : Coll 35/42 'Persian Gulf: cable arrangements' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0036]/037-000559186[0052]/040-000559238
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (427 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002d7
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 26 Jul 1940-26 Nov 1948
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 429; 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 35/42
- 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)