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File 1508/1905 Pt 3 'Bahrain: postal arrangements; mails; post office' [84r] (15/180)
The record is made up of 1 item (91 folios). It was created in Jun 1905-Jan 1912. 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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No. 1929 (Confidential), dated Bushire, the 29 th July (received 7 th August) 1911 .
From— Lieutenant-Colonel P. Z. Cox, C.S.I., C.I.E.,
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.
,
To— The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry McMahon, K.C.I.E., C.S.L,
Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
Simla.
With reference to the correspondence regarding the Basra-Hasa Mail
Service, ending with Foreign Department telegram No. 384-S., dated 24th
June, I have the honour to forward, for the
From Consul, Basra, to His Majesty’s Embassy, information of the Government of India,
a copy of the paper marginally cited.
Despatch No. 37 , dated 17 th July 1911 .
2. I await a reply from 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.
, Bahrain, after communication
with the Shaikh in pursuance of your telegram above quoted.
No. 37, dated July 17th, 1911.
From—The Acting Consul, Basra,
To—The His Majesty’s Ambassador, Constantinople.
With reference to Mr. Crow’s despatch No. 59 of October 12, 1910, I
have the honour to report that the Agent of the British India Steam Navigation
Company, informs me that on the 15th instant the Valisent his dragoman to him
with a request that the British India Steam Navigation Company should convey
the Turkish Mail, destined for the Hasa District (Ojair Katif, etc.,) to Bahrain.
The agent states that he replied that he was unable to move in the matter with
out first consulttng his head office.
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Part one of the volume relates to postal services in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The correspondence is between the Foreign Office, 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. and Government of India. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from the General Post Office in London, representatives of Gray, Mackenzie, and Company and the British India Steam Navigation Company, and numerous political and diplomatic offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. .
The papers cover the discussion over who and how Turkish mail is to be carried to Hassa [al-Hasa] from Basra, and an agreement with the Shaikh of Bahrain preventing him from establishing a foreign post office in his country.
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