Author
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Publication Date
12 Jun 1945-22 Mar 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
98
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1420
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00009b
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
12 Jun 1945-22 Mar 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding the postal service in Dubai. The file includes the 1946-1947 agreements with the contractor for the conveyance of mail at Dubai, Khan Sahib Husain (on folios 35-39 and 65-68), and correspondence regarding the purchase of a second hand car for mail conveyance.
The correspondents are: Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm, Ruler of Dubai; Khalil bin Ebrahim Kanoo; the External (Foreign) Affairs Department of the Government of India, New Delhi; the Director of Post and Telegraphs, Sind and Baluchistan Circle, at Karachi; the Sub-Postmaster, Dubai; the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent at Sharjah; the Political Officer in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
; the
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.
; 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.
at Bahrain.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 89-99. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office Files: 14/5 III
