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1. '11/18 EXCHANGE OF MAILS BETWEEN HASA & BAHRAIN'
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- Abstract: This file concerns the exchange of postal services between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and covers:1932-1933 (ff 2-30): the conveyance of post between Hasa [al-Aḥsā’] and Bahrain, as well as between Hasa and other foreign countries via Bahrain;1934 (ff 31-43): Saudi Posts, Telegraph and Telephone Department establishing a daily mail service between Bahrain and Hofuf [al-Hufūf] and Katif [al-Qaṭīf];1933-1934 (ff 44-51): use of Arabic language in the wording of the 'Bulletin de verification' (ff 44-51);1935 (ff 52-61): the exchange of mails between Bahrain and Hofuf and Katif and the discontinuance of the use of the term 'Agent of Hofuf at Bahrain' (ff 58-61);1940 (ff 62-69): the conveyance by air or surface of letters for the outside world by air or sea mail, which it is stated must be posted at Al Khobar [al-Khubar] with Saudi Arabian stamps (ff 62-69).The correspondents in the file include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Superintendent of Post Offices, Lower Sind and Persian Gulf in Karachi; and the Postmaster at Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-33; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
2. ‘Overland Communication. Letters etc for the Governor General by the Bi Monthly Mail to be sent from Aden via Bombay to His Excellency’s Camp’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, which form partial enclosures to a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 September 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102302, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to a request from the Governor-General of India that any letters addressed to him from Aden should be sent to Bombay and, from there, forwarded directly on to him.The correspondents are the governments of Bombay and India.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5264, Draft 494/46’, ‘Collection N. 8 of N. 105, Vol: 3’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 160, and terminates at f 164, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
3. ‘Persian Gulf. Intelligence of the state of affairs at Tehran – Vol: 41’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Alexander Hector, a British merchant; and Mirza Mahmood [Mīrzā Muḥammad], British Agent at Shiraz. It is the forty-first in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Intelligence about disorder in Shiraz and speculations about the instigatorsEvents at Tehran immediately following the death of Mahomed Shah [Muḥammad Qājār, Shāh of Persia [Iran]]A dispute between Alexander Hector and the port officials at Bushire [Bushehr] who refused to take charge of 5,000 muskets which he was importingSettlement about the amount payable by Sheik Houssein [Shaikh Ḥusayn] at Bushire due to him having delayed a boat and assaulted one of the ownersConcerns about cossids carrying British messages being seized between Shiraz and Isfahan.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 3 of No 4’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 628, and terminates at f 644, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
4. 'File 1/C Volume I. Miscellaneous'.
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, receipts and notes on various topics concerning the Kuwait Political Agency, January 1921 to August 1921. An index of topics contained in the volume is listed on folio 6. Topics discussed in the volume include:The presentation of saluting guns to Shaikh Salim Shaikh [Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], 1919.The unpopularity of Shaikh Salim, 1920.Kuwait customs receipts, 1920.Exile of Shaikh Ghadhban of Iraq, 1920.Expulsion of prostitutes, 1921.Quarantine, 1921.`Ajman raids, 1921.The transfer of the Kuwait Post Office to the Iraq Postal Department, 1921.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; the Office of the Civil Commissioners, and the Under Secretary to the Political Resident, Captain Walter Frank Quantock Shuldham.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 232; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel intermittently between ff 7-227; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 2-227 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
5. ‘Miscellaneous 16/4 Correspondence with – the Mespers, Bahrain, etc.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence exchanged between the Political Agency at Bahrain and various steamship operators at Bahrain, as follows:until 1937, representatives of the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (MPC hereafter; briefly referred to as the Mesopotamia Iran Corporation in early 1937 and referred to as MesPers in the file title), including Deputy Managers J Russell and George William Reginald Smith);from 1937, representatives of Gray, Mackenzie & Company Limited, chiefly John H Leared;Much of the correspondence sent by representatives of the MPC is written or typed on stationery belonging to the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (see notes on Administrative Context).Most of the correspondence is of a day-to-day nature:arrangements for the forwarding and receipt of special letters and packages, with bills of lading included;arrangements for the passage of individuals to and from Bahrain by steamer, with debit notes and receipts;steamer service timetables for 1935 (ff 113-114), Persian Gulf ‘fast service’ timetables for 1937 (ff 152-158), and mail service timetables for 1941 (ff 203-205);Other correspondence concerns:the passage of three distressed British seamen (DBS) in 1928, including an order for the conveyance of DBS (ff 34-37);a case of three Kuwaitis reported to be illegally hawking wares on steamers in 1937 (ff 136-144);from August 1939, correspondence related to the start of the Second World War, including travel restrictions and passport control, the increased costs of shipping due to war insurance and higher prices, and shipment of French goods in 1940 (f 167 onwards).Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 270; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-269; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
6. 'File 14/1 IV General correspondence regarding postal matters and conveyance of mails at Bahrain'
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- Abstract: The file contains notes, telegrams, correspondence and notices regarding postal matters: conveyance of mail at Bahrain, dispatch of mail from Bahrain, air mail fees in 1945 (folios 132-133), and postal facilities in the Persian Gulf area.The principal correspondents are: Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo; Gray, Mackenzie & Co Ltd; Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO); British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (BISN); British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC); Cable and Wireless Limited; Petroleum Concessions Limited; the Sub-Postmaster at Bahrain; the Postmaster at Karachi; the Eastern Bank Limited; the Naval Officer-in-Charge at Bahrain; the Inspector of Post Offices for the Persian Gulf; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.The file contains copies of agreements with Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo, operating as contractor for transit and delivery of mail (folios 24-27, 81-84, 164-167 and 175).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 226; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-204; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and blue crayon, but are not circled.
7. 'File 14/1 V Conveyance of mails at Bahrain'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence with Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo, regarding the contract for conveyance of mail at Bahrain, and the cost of the service.The file also contains copies of agreements between the Political Agency and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo (folios 4-7, 20-24, 37-40).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 58; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-46; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
8. 'File 14/1 Correspondence regarding calls of mail steamers at Bahrain and general correspondence regarding postal matters'
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- Abstract: The file contains telegrams, correspondence and notices regarding postal matters: conveyance of mail at Bahrain, dispatch of mail from Bahrain, air mail service, shipping, postal facilities in the Persian Gulf area, and restriction of telecommunications and mail services to other countries during the Second World War. The file contains a copy of the agreement with Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo, who provided a vehicle for transit and delivery of mail (folios 210-213)The principal correspondents are: the Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO); Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo; Imperial Airways Limited (from 1940 British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)); British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (BISN); the Superintendent of Post Offices, Lower Sind and Persian Gulf Division, at Karachi; the Residency Agent at Sharjah; the Political Agency at Kuwait; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.There are some documents in Arabic with English translation within the file, letters from and to the Postmaster at Bushire, and from the Residency Agent at Sharjah.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 304; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-266; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 268-299; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
9. 'File 14/4 Post Office at Moharraq'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams regarding the need for facilities to convey mail at Moharraq (Muharraq, Bahrain) and the subsequent arrangements for the opening of a Post Office, staffed with a postman sent from Manama via boat twice a week to make deliveries, clean the letterbox and sell stamps. A sketch of the building rented to host the Post Office at Muharraq is on folio 77.The file also discusses the proposal to open a branch telegraph Office of the Wireless in the Bazaar at Manama, which is refused by the Imperial and International Communications Limited.The correspondents are: the Superintendent of Post Offices, Lower Sind and Persian Gulf Division, at Karachi; Imperial and International Communications Limited, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; the Sub-Postmaster at Bahrain; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-88; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
10. 'File 14/5 II Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the opening of a Post Office in Dubai, rather than in Sharjah (see IOR/R/15/2/1418); the main subjects are arrangements for the building, air mail facilities and conveyance of mail. The file contains an agreement with the contractor for the conveyance of mail from 1942 to 1945 (on folios 76-80, 112-116,169-172, 187-190).The principal correspondents are: British Overseas Airways; the Superintendent of Post and Telegraphs for Lower Sind and Persian Gulf, at Karachi; the Director of Post and Telegraphs at Karachi; the Residency Agent at Sharjah; the Political Officer in the Trucial Coast; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 231; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination is also present in parallel between ff 4-206; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and red crayon, but are not circled. Pagination: the file notes at the back have been paginated in pencil between ff 207-217.
11. 'File 14/5 III Correspondence regarding postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai'
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- Abstract: 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 Agent at Sharjah; the Political Officer in the Trucial Coast; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 100; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-19; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
12. 'File 14/5 Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Shargah and Dubai'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the proposal to open a Post Office in Sharjah and Dubai. The Ruler of Sharjah requests that the name of Sharjah is printed on the stamps. The file also contains agreements with Imperial Airways for the delivery of mail, and arrangements for a suitable office at Sharjah. Whilst the Ruler of Dubai is initially against the opening of a Post Office in his town, further discussions develop in 1938 for the opening of a Post Office in Dubai (sketch on folio 208).The principal correspondents are: the Ruler of Sharjah (Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī); the Ruler of Dubai (Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm); Imperial Airways; the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited; the Superintendent of Post Offices, Lower Sind and Persian Gulf Division, at Karachi; the Director of Post and Telegraphs at Karachi; the Residency Agent at Sharjah (Khan Bahadur Isa bin Latif, and from 1936 Khan Sahib Husain bin Hasan 'Amad); the Political Agency at Kuwait; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Political Agent at Bahrain.There is some correspondence in Arabic, with English translation, with the Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Ruler of Sharjah and the Ruler of Dubai.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 268; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-235 and ff 236-267; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and red ink, but are either partially circled or not circled.
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