'File No. 17/15 WIRELESS STATION AT DUBAI'

IOR/R/15/2/565

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The record is made up of 1 file (15 folios). It was created in 20 Jun 1945-15 Apr 1947. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .

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The file contains proposals from the Director of Posts and Telegraphs at Karachi (Harbans Lal Jerath) to 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 (Cornelius James Pelly, Arnold Crawshaw Galloway) and 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. (Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, William Rupert Hay) to establish a wireless station at Dubai and a Post Office at Sharjah.

Neither proposal is taken forward at that time owing to the Royal Air Force (RAF) taking over the existing wireless station at Dubai belonging to the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Service deciding to undertake a review of the future of postal services in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Included in the file is a letter in Arabic and English from the Sheikh of Sharjah (Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī) from 1938 regarding the possibility of establishing a post office there.

A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 13-14.

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1 file (15 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 15; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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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.
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IOR/R/15/2/565
Former external reference(s)
Confidential Series: 17/15 Confidential Series: 17/18

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20 Jun 1945-15 Apr 1947 (CE, Gregorian)

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