'File VII/1. Telegraphic Connection to Kuwait.'

Title:

'File VII/1. Telegraphic Connection to Kuwait.'

Contributor:

Director of Customs (correspondent)
Shaikh Hakim of Kuwait Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ (correspondent)
Shaikh Hakim of Kuwait Sālim al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (correspondent)
Shaikh Hakim of Kuwait Jābir II al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ (correspondent)

Date:

1904/1930

Description:

The file contains correspondence related to the establishment of a wire connection between Kuwait and the Bushire-Fao cable. The correspondence is mainly about the site where the wireless telegraph station at Kuwait would be, the measurements, and the cost. In 1914 construction started, and in 1916 the wireless station opened at Kuwait. The file also contains correspondence about surveying work taking place around Kuwait, as well as correspondence about the recruitment of a surveyor to undertake the work.The file includes an introductory booklet (folios 256-269) under the title, ‘The Indo-European Telegraph Department’, written by Maurice G Simpson, Director-in-Chief, Indo-European Telegraph Department, and published in 1928.The main correspondence is between the following: the Political Agency, Kuwait; the Foreign Department for the Government of India; the British Residency and Consulate General, Bushire; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Office, Basra; and the Basra Survey Party.1 file (270 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 272; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 1-271 and ff 3-80; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English
Arabic
Hindi

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Wireless telegraphy
Surveys

Extent:

1 file (270 folios)

Rights:

Public Domain
Unknown
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003ab_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0003ab_en
IOR/R/15/5/16

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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