Coll 35/16 'Opening of an Indian Post Office at Dubai: postal arrangements in the Persian Gulf'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 35/16 'Opening of an Indian Post Office at Dubai: postal arrangements in the Persian Gulf'
- Date:
- 1933/1949
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns postal offices in the Persian Gulf.The file contains:Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office at Sharjah, 1933-37Discussions on the proposal to open a Post Office in Dubai, 1938Note on the Indian Post and Telegraph Services in the Persian Gulf, 1946Future administration of postal services in the Persian Gulf after Indian and Pakistan Independence, 1947A copy of 'A decree to provide for the establishment and regulation of post offices and the conveyance of mail' at the Zanzibar Protectorate, 1935A copy of agreement between the Governor General in Council and the Kuwait Zubair Transport Company to provide a motor vehicle service for transit, conveyance and delivery of mail in the Persian Gulf, 1947Postal service to the British Post Office agencies in the Persian Gulf, 1948.The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the India Office; the Foreign Office; the Government of India; the Political Agency at Bahrain; the General Post Office; the Air Ministry; the Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Said bin Maktoom; the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi; the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, India; HM Treasury; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations of the Government of Pakistan; the HM Ministry of Civil Aviation; the Commonwealth Relations Office: the HM Ministry of Works; and Cable and Wireless Limited.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 369; 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:
- Post offices
- Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002b9_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002b9_en
IOR/L/PS/12/4119
IOR/L/PS/12/4119