'File 12/1 I CABLE & WIRELESS LTD: September 1935 - Oct 1941.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 12/1 I CABLE & WIRELESS LTD: September 1935 - Oct 1941.'
- Date:
- 1935/1941
- Description:
- Abstract: 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, 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, Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 178; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Telegraph cables
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000b2_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x0000b2_en
IOR/R/15/6/403
IOR/R/15/6/403