Author
the Company of a cable running direct from Karachi to Muscat
Publication Date
2 Sep 1935-29 Oct 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
176
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/403
Record ID
vdc_100000000881.0x0000b2
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
2 Sep 1935-29 Oct 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat.
The papers include: the introduction by the Company of a cable running direct from Karachi to Muscat, and from Muscat to Bushire, and the enlargement of the cable station at Muscat, 1935; the issuing of a licence to the Company to land their cables at Muscat, and to use a wireless set there, in exchange for an annual rental paid direct to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, 1935-39; a copy of the licence issued to Cable and Wireless Limited by the Government of India for landing at Karachi and working a submarine cable connecting Karachi with Muscat (folios 103-105); interruptions to the cable service at Muscat; erection of masts at the station, 1939; the posting of a guard at the station, 1940; wartime security measures, including instructions issued by Army Headquarters, India, for the temporary disabling of wireless stations in the event of capture by an enemy, 1940; and general matters.
The main correspondents are the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Muscat, and Cable and Wireless Limited. The file also contains correspondence from Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
The Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately seven folios of correspondence (with English translations) between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Muscat.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There are file notes on folios 170-175.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Subject files: File 12/1 I
