'File 33/9 [17/2] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MUHARRAQ & MANAMA.'

Content

The file concerns the installation of a telephone line connecting the Imperial Airways aerodrome (landing ground) at Muharraq and the wireless station of Imperial and International Communications at Manama with the Bahrain telephone exchange. The work was undertaken by the Government of Bahrain, and the cost was borne by the Air Ministry.

The principal correspondents are 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 Air Ministry; 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. , Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch; 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); and the State Engineer of the Government of Bahrain (William Benjamin Steele and H F Nash).

The correspondence covers: estimates, the need to install the line without delay, ownership of the line by the Government of Bahrain, rent of the line, bills for the work undertaken, and payment by the British Government.

The date range gives the covering dates of all the items of correspondence, including enclosures. The covering dates of the main items of correspondence are 13 February 1934 - 2 May 1935. The earliest item of correspondence is an enclosure on folio 9 dated 17 November 1932.

The Arabic language content of the file consists of five Government of Bahrain letterheads.

Extent and format

1 file (107 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date follow their relevant covering letter, and terminate in a set of notes (folio 99-108).

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 109; 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. Previous foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-98 and ff 99-106; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and coloured crayon, but are not circled.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1770

Former external reference(s)

English Office files: 33/9 17/2

History of this record

Date(s)

17 Nov 1932-2 May 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Telephone

Places

Muharraq

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfGovernment of Bahrain, State EngineerAir Ministry

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