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Coll 35/32 'Wireless stations in the Persian Gulf: allocation of call signs and registration' [‎107r] (214/452)

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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l\o.F.44-N/34.
By Air >ail»
From
The Foreign Secretary to
To
The Under Secretary of State for India,
iiiConomic and Overseas Department,
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. , London,
Dated Simla, the
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June 1934,
Registration of wireless station
at Sharjah.
Sir,
With reference to Mr* Turner’s letter No.E.& 0.8549/33,
dated the 1st January 1934, I am directed to forward a
copy of letter from the Hon’ble 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 G-ulf, No .984/14-222 of 1934, dated the 28th
April 1934, end to request that, if the Secretary of State
sees no objection, the position may be explained to
Messrs. Imperial Airways Limited and their reply
communicated to the G-overnment of India.
2. as regards the registration of the wireless station
at Sharjah I am to say that the Director G-eneral, Posts
and Telegraphs has brought to the notice of the Government
of India that the station has already been notified to the
International Bureau at Berne as a telegraph office, and
appears on page 9 of the ”Annexe No.36 a la Nomenclature
Officielle des Bureaux Tdlegraphiques” dated 1st May 1933.
The Government of India are not aware of the identity of
the authority which communicated the information to the
Berne Bureau. The Sharjah station does not, however, yet
appear either in the List of Aeronautical Stations and
Aircraft Stations, or in the List of Stations performing
Special

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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)
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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 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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