Coll 35/32 'Wireless stations in the Persian Gulf: allocation of call signs and registration' [149r] (298/452)
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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Draft Paper.
pol it igal Department.
DriAPT LETTER.
The Secretary,
Air Mnistry,
Adastrah House
Kingsway,
W.C. 2
Crfa fa (
'PholU,
f ?0
1712.V 5000 3.33-
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary
of State for India to refer to the
letter to the Government of India
dated 19th IvAy, No. P.Z.2515/33, on
the subject of the registration of the
public wireless telegraph station at
Shargah, of which copies were sent
to the Air Ministry under
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.
letter of 19th toy, No. P.Z.2515/33.
2 . The Government of India have now
replied strongly urging that they
should not he asked to accept
responsibility for registration of
the Shargah wireless station. Whila
recognisfea^ that the station at
Gwadur has been assigned a call sign
from the series allotted to British
India,7they point out that the
Gwadur station lies on the Indian
side of the Persian frontier and
very much closer geographically to
India than Shargah. They further
represent that, as the Shargah
station will be open for public
international correspondence the
rates of charge should be notified
internationally through the
International Bureau of the Telegraph
Union at Berne and that the station
must be entered in the International
list/
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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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- Coll 35/32 'Wireless stations in the Persian Gulf: allocation of call signs and registration'
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- front, front-i, 2r:81r, 81ar, 81v:102v, 105r:113v, 115r:151r, 151ar, 151v:210r, 210ar, 210v:211v, 212ar, 212r:223v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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