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'File 6/48 Telephones - Correspondence regarding' [‎16r] (31/380)

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The record is made up of 1 file (188 folios). It was created in 2 Mar 1932-8 Jul 1950. 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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GOVERNMENT OF BAHRAIN.
'./s have to cojafim that there is only one vacant line
0 x 1 the .._wv.Ciic 4 ^e oard. wnich has "been v/ithheld. penline,’ your deci si on#
i ‘0 pro vo si on. has heen made for extensions in the near fa tore t
so that a definite date cannot be stated*
Yon v/onld be well advised to apply immediately for the vacant
line if requied by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. or h.A.l’*
G-ovemuent of Yalirain
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The file contains correspondence regarding the telephone network in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and the State Engineer of the Government of Bahrain. The papers are concerned with the maintenance and extension of the network, changes to telephone charges, complaints about the service, and the installation of lines and telephone equipment at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Royal Air Force (RAF) Rest House, British Naval Base, and the Victoria Memorial Hospital.

Further correspondence is from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Imperial and International Communications Limited (later Cable and Wireless), the Officer Commanding at RAF Headquarters in Basra, the Naval Officer in Charge in Bahrain, 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 firms Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) (in whose offices lines were also installed).

Included within the file are the following documents:

  • the 'Bahrain Automatic Telephone System - Agreement for Telephone Installation', produced by Cable and Wireless Limited (folios 119-126);
  • a General Electric Company (GEC) catalogue, K Section, 15th Edition, September 1928 (folios 142-167).

Folios 168-188 are internal office notes.

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1 file (188 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 190; 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 foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-118; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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