Coll 35/31 'Bahrain: application for W/T amateur transmitting licence for employee of Bahrain Petroleum Company'

Content

The file concerns the application by a British subject in Bahrain for the issue of an amateur wireless transmitting license, and the allotment of a wireless call sign.

The file contains a booklet 'A guide to Amateur Radio' (folios 40-123), by Radio Society of Great Britain.

The file contains correspondence between the Radio Society of Great Britain, the 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. , the Foreign Office, the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain.

Extent and format

1 file (123 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 125; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/4140

Former external reference(s)

Coll 35/31

History of this record

Date(s)

17 Aug 1937-9 Dec 1938 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Radio Society of Great BritainForeign OfficePersian Gulf Political ResidencyDistrict Magistrate, Bahrain

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Coll 35/31 'Bahrain: application for W/T amateur transmitting licence for employee of Bahrain Petroleum Company', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/4140, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0002ce> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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