Publication Date
20 Jun 1945-15 Apr 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
15
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/565
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x0003a4
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
20 Jun 1945-15 Apr 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains proposals from the Director of Posts and Telegraphs at Karachi (Harbans Lal Jerath) to 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.
at Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly, Arnold Crawshaw Galloway) and
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, William Rupert Hay) to establish a wireless station at Dubai and a Post Office at Sharjah.
Neither proposal is taken forward at that time owing to the Royal Air Force (RAF) taking over the existing wireless station at Dubai belonging to the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Service deciding to undertake a review of the future of postal services in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Included in the file is a letter in Arabic and English from the Sheikh of Sharjah (Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī) from 1938 regarding the possibility of establishing a post office there.
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 13-14.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Series: 17/15 Confidential Series: 17/18
