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'File 12/10 Post Office - Muscat & Gwadur' [36r] (71/424)
The record is made up of 1 file (208 folios). It was created in 18 Jan 1945-29 Nov 1948. 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 POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS DEPARTMENT.
SOTV TH> C’-SV:.
This is v «ass la which seven parker pens
were found frosi London S # w, 11 registered packet ifo* 69bl d&ted
December 1945 against ItmAfrer 10 entered on the lace of the
packet when it was opened at^scat at the time of delivery
on 22 # 1 # 46 # The jacket was addressed to Messers yurshottam
Madhavji Muscat and was sent by Messers Parker Ben Company
Ltd# | London#
London S.w* 11 registered packet No# 6931
was sent by the London (ost Office adotieed in its registered
list dated the 8#li#X945 in a direct mail bag ior Bahrain# ill is
mail bag travelled by sea and arrived at Bahrain on the 8#i#46#
According to the 3ub Postaaater's report of Bahrain the mail
bag vas received in the post office in good condition the
registered packet referred to above i*jas also in good condition#
when the same was cxeminod in the ordinary course* the
registered packet v^as intended for Muscat it remained in
deposit in the Bahrain post office till there was a steamer
to go to Muscat# The registered packet retnained in the charge
of Mr* Raimatulleh vrfco was the registration cler& of the post
office till 10*1*1946# hen he handed over charge of the
registration branch to Mr# Shivdlyai another our*, of t*he post
office# Shis registered packet remained in the custody of
K ; r# ^ivdiyal in the post office till it was despsioched on the
17#1#I946 to Ltuscat by sea by the co# f stumer due
to sail fbr Muscat# According to the statement of ^# Rahm&tullah
Clark Bahrein post office, the registered packet was in good
condition, when it was received in the Bair ain post oil ice on
8*1*1946 and it vms in the same good condition when it was
handed ever by him on 10#1#1946 to Mr# ^ivdiyai cleric on the
transfer of the charge of the registration hr inch by him#
According to the statement of Mr# .hivwiysl, the re^istex'ed
packet was in good condition, when he received it while teeing
over charge on 10#1 #1946 and it was in the same condition
when it was sdespatched by him to Muscat post office on 17#1#46#
According to the postal procedure, all registered articles are
put in a bag known as registered bag and it is sealed# The *
seal registered bag hs then p*t in axother beg kn^?.n as mail
beg which besides Hie registered bag contains o&y wait**
matter# This mail bag is also, sealed# l&is is how registered
articles travel# The n?gietered packet under reference also
travelled under these precautions#
The mail bag prepared by Bahrain post
office on 17#lk 1946 for Jiuecct post office was received at
Muscat on 21# 1#1946 : # According to the statement of Mr# Mohd
Idan Sub Postmaster Muscat the mail hag was received in good
condition by him* "it was evened aju tne registeroag
contained in the msil t^g ms also opened* The xe^xalexed
bag was in good condition# it was opened and the registered
packet under reference remely London SW-11 registered packet
No# 6981 dated December 1946 was found in a damaged condition
so much so that the contents wfcere quite visible# it was
weighed by the S*P#M# Muscat and found to weigh 38o grams
U.T.O.)
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The file concerns postal services at Muscat and Gwadar. The arrangements for postal services in the territories of Muscat and Oman were complicated from 1947 by the independence of India, and the transfer of responsibility for postal services from the Government of India to 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. , and by the question of whether newly-independent Pakistan should be asked to provide post and telegraph services at Gwadur [Gwadar].
The papers include: staffing matters at Muscat, 1945; British Government plans for the future administration of postal services in the Gulf, 1947 (including minutes of a meeting at 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. , 11 July 1947, folios 41-42); the attitude of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to the proposed continuation of existing postal arrangements at Gwadar by the Government of Pakistan; correspondence concerning the temporary use of stamps overprinted 'Pakistan' at Muscat, Dubai, and Gwadar, following agreement with India to withdraw unsurcharged Indian stamps from areas served by the Pakistan Posts and Telegraphs Department, and the introduction of new British stamps to replace existing Indian stamps, 1947; recommendations of the British Post Office representative (W Appleby) concerning the takeover of postal services in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on 1 April 1948 (folios 120-130); details of Post Office staff at Gwadar, 1947; and the Foreign Office's initial decision to ask the Government of Pakistan to take over responsibility for postal services at Gwadar (folio 154), and ensuing difficulties following 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. 's recommendation that responsibility for services at Gwadar be handed over instead to Cable and Wireless Limited, 1947-48.
The file includes correspondence from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat; 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 British Agent, Gwadar; the Commonwealth Relations Office; and the Government of Pakistan.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (208 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers in red and blue crayon (red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence) refer to entries in the notes on folios 195-209.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 210; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-98; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/6/413
- Title
- 'File 12/10 Post Office - Muscat & Gwadur'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:60v, 61v:70v, 71v:77v, 80r:99v, 101v:111v, 114r:116v, 119r:131v, 133r:152v, 153v:156v, 158r:173v, 175r:179v, 181r:183v, 184ar, 184v, 184r:184v, 185v, 186v:193v, 194ar:194av, 194r:209v, 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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- Open Government Licence