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Coll 35/32 'Wireless stations in the Persian Gulf: allocation of call signs and registration' [42v] (84/452)
The record is made up of 1 file (222 folios). It was created in 4 Nov 1930-21 May 1938. 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.
In connection with a minor matter
the notification to Berne in respect of new
telegraph services at Bahrein and Aden, it has
come to light that the G.P.O. have hitherto
performed certain functions in connection with
wireless stations in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
which
they now propose to discontinue. The notes
and correspondence v/ith the G.P.O. helow the
draft deal v/ith the matter in detail. The
practice appears to have “been a survival from a
pre-historic era. Strictly speaking these
wireless stations are under the Indian telegraph
administration and the G.P.O. could only he
regarded as having performed these functions on
hehalf of the latter. They state that in view
of the inauguration of the air mail they no
longer consider that it is necessary to continue
this practice. The advantages of the
discontinuation will he that the position v/ill
now he constitutionally correct and that the
potential political embarrassments of the G.P.0.3
handling quasi ^international matters in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
will he eliminated. On the other
hand as the headquarters of the company
controlling the v/ireless stations is situated iif
London it v/as convenient that the G.P.O. should
handle the business in question and no doubt
tended to eliminate friction. Moreover the
Government of India have, in previous cases,
shewn an extraordinary reluctance to undertake
notification to Berne in respect of Gulf
wireless stations, and have had tv/ice to he
o/er-ruled by the Secretary of State. This
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The file concerns allocation of call signs and registration for the wireless telegraph stations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file contains:
- registration and call sign for wireless station at Gwadur, 1932
- registration and call sign for wireless station at Sharjah, 1933-37
- blueprint showing wireless lines between Charbar [Chābahār] and Karachi, titled 'Main Lines. Mekran Sub-Division' (f 144)
- allocation of call signs at Bahrain and Aden wireless stations, 1936.
The file contains correspondence between 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 Admiralty, the Air Ministry, Imperial Airways, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , Cable and Wireless Limited, and the General Post Office.
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- 1 file (222 folios)
- Arrangement
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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; 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/12/4141
- Title
- Coll 35/32 'Wireless stations in the Persian Gulf: allocation of call signs and registration'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:81r, 81ar, 81v:102v, 105r:113v, 115r:151r, 151ar, 151v:210r, 210ar, 210v:211v, 212ar, 212r:223v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence