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Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah' [37r] (75/179)
The record is made up of 1 file (88 folios). It was created in 20 Feb 1933-26 Jun 1947. 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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Minute Paper.
P.Z.4515/33.
political Department.
1712r! 5000 3/33
Secretary,
E. & 0. Department,
I am not very convinced by the Government of
India’s letter below. Nor do they seem to have adopted
a particularly helpful attitude in regard to the
registration of the wireless station. As was recognised
in our letter to them, we are to some extent asking them
to stretch a point by making themselves responsible for
jthe registration and they are, of course, quite entitled
to say that they are unwilling to go as far as the Secretary
of State would like them to. On the other hand, the
Government of India are responsible for the running of the
Bahrein Post Office, which is very much farther west than
Shargah. Their Director at Karachi has been in
correspondence in regard to the Post Office at Shargah with
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 they are
also responsible for the postal arrangements in Muscat.
(I do not press the fact that Indian stamps are used in
Koweit or that the Government of India have been closely
associated with postal arrangements there, because the
postal arrangements in that State are at present under
reconsideration). There seems in the circumstances,
particularly having regard to the general desirability of
keeping responsibility for Gulf administration in the hands
of the Government of India, something to be said for
raising the point with them again in the light of the
considerations adduced above. However I do not wish to
press for this - the question being of insufficient
importance to be worth controversy if we can persuade A.M.
jor G.P.O. to make the registration.
2. If, on the other hand, it is decided to accept
the/
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The file concerns the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah.
The file contains agreements with the ruler of Sharjah for the establishment of an air station by Imperial Airways, and correspondence related to the opening of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah.
The file is composed of correspondence between: the Foreign Office; 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 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. , Trenchard Craven William Fowle; the Secretary of State for India; Imperial Airways; the Air Ministry; the Admiralty; the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi; the General Post Office; and Cable and Wireless Limited.
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- 1 file (88 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 89; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/4116
- Title
- Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:13v, 15r:33v, 35r:87v, 89r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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