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'File 14/5 II Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Sharjah and Dubai' [‎9v] (18/464)

The record is made up of 1 file (229 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1940-9 Jun 1945. It was written in English. 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 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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Karachi; the Director of Post and Telegraphs at Karachi; the 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. Agent at Sharjah; the Political Officer in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; the 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. ; and 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.

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1 file (229 folios)
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The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 207-230. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in 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 inside back cover with 231; 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. 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.

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