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Coll 35/16 'Opening of an Indian Post Office at Dubai: postal arrangements in the Persian Gulf' [‎57r] (113/739)

The record is made up of 1 file (368 folios). It was created in 23 May 1933-10 Jan 1949. 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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Indian Postal Orders.
Page 14
Page 16
Savings Bank
Business etc.
tireless Licences
G-uadur
Pages 17-20 Staffing, renewal
of leases for Post
Office premises,
provision of
personal clerk for
the Postal
Superintendent, Post
Office furniture,
equipment etc.
Page 21
These will not be issued or paid/the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Agencies. ^
Exceptionally, it is proposed that any
such orders issued in India or Pakistan
not later than 31st March 1946 be paid
and forwarded to Bombay with a statement
so that credit may be given to this
country in the General Account.
If the Indian and Pakistan administrations
agree to the recommendations, they will no
doubt issue the necessary notice to the
public in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. well before
the 1st of April.
The British administration will deal with
the allotment of call signs after the
1st of April,
The question of the transfer of Guadur is
under active consideration.
aio*
Ihese matters are/under consideration.
The postal Superintendent, Mr.H.C. Breach,
who is already in the Gulf, is examining
the conditions with the object of taking
over the offices on the 1st of April.
No communication regarding Mr. Appleby's
recommendations has yet been received
from the Pakistan Government.

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The file concerns postal offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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The file is composed of correspondence between 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. ; 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 Foreign Office; the Government of India; the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain; the General Post Office; the Air Ministry; the Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Said bin Maktoom; the Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi; the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, India; HM Treasury; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations of the Government of Pakistan; the HM Ministry of Civil Aviation; the Commonwealth Relations Office: the HM Ministry of Works; and Cable and Wireless Limited.

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1 file (368 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 369; 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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