Coll 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 35/6 'Arabia: Hejaz-Nejd; wireless stations; postal and telegraph communications with the outside world'
- Creator:
- Author: The Times, British newspaper
- Date:
- 1925/1948
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns postal communications in the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd and, later, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The file covers:Desire of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to establish wireless stations in Hejaz and Nejd, 1926-29Proposed wireless communication between Riyadh and Baghdad, to be provided by the Marconi Company, 1929Training of local subjects, 1931Contract with the Marconi Company, 1931Establishment of postal communications between Hasa [al-Aḥsā’] and foreign countries via Bahrain, 1933New wireless stations in Saudi Arabia, 1933Proposed establishment of wireless telecommunications between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia: negotiations between Cable and Wireless and the Saudi Government, 1934-35Saudi regulations regarding importation and licensing of wireless sets, 1935Proposed conference at Jedda regarding wireless communications in Saudi Arabia, 1935Discussion with Governor-General of Sudan and Cables and Wireless regarding the Jedda - Port Sudan Cable agreement, 1935-40Post and wireless experts required by Saudi Government, 1938Communications between Saudi Arabia and the United States for use of the Arabian American Oil Company, proposed wireless station at Dhahran, 1944.The file is composed of correspondence between: the British Legation to Jeddah; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the High Commissioner for Iraq; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Air Ministry; the General Post Office in London; the Legation of Hedjaz and Nejd to London; the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agency at Bahrain; the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council; Cable and Wireless, Limited (Imperial and International Communications Limited); the Committee of Imperial Defence; the Governor-General of Sudan; the British Embassy in Cairo; the Resident Minister in Cairo; the United States Embassy in London; the British Embassy in Washington DC; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); and the Commonwealth Relations Office.There is a newspaper cutting from The Times,and extracts from Um al-Quraand Sawt al-Hijaz.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 515; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Wireless telegraphy
- Geographic region:
- Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002ad_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002ad_en
IOR/L/PS/12/4109
IOR/L/PS/12/4109