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Coll 35/13 'Persian Gulf: public wireless telegraph station at Sharjah' [51r] (103/179)
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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IRAFT jLETTER ,
Air Mail.
Department.
19 MAY 1955
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary
of State to refer to the Government of
India’s express letter, No.D.1131-N/33,
of 24th March and connected correspondence
on the subject of the action of
Imperial Airways in opening a public
wireless telegraphy station at Shargah,
which was reported in Bushire letter of
9th March 1933, No.C.65.
2. Enquiry of the Air Ministry
showed that the action in question had
been taken under the apparently erroneous )
impression that it was in response to tis (
wishes of the Sheikh. Advantage has
been taken of Colonel Fowle’s recent
visit to this country to discuss the
whole question in detail. The results
of the discussion in question are
embodied in the demi-official letter
from 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.
to the Air
Ministry, No.P.Z.2266/33, dated 20th
April, of which a copy is now enclosed,
the provisional conclusions recorded in
which were subsequently confirmed at
an interdepartmental meeting attended
, 7-rw A.
by the-Resid«ttt.
3. I am to ask that if no objection
1712a
5000 3.3:1
is
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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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