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Title 'Correspondence re the Establishment of a Wireless Telegraph Station in
Bahrain'
Date(s) 7 Sep 1902-19 Feb 1917 (CE, Gregorian)

Written in English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
Extent and Format 1 file (152 folios)
Holding Institution British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

Copyright for document Public Domain

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The file relates to the establishment and operation of the wireless telegraph station (later also radio
station) in Bahrain [frequently referred to in the papers as Bahrein]. The papers include correspondence from
the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; the Ruler
of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifah [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, Hakim of Bahrain] (in Arabic with
translations in English); and other British officials.

The papers include:

• proposal from the Political Agent, Bahrain for the establishment of telegraphic
communication with India, showing that the initiative had come from British Indian traders in Bahrain, and the
response from the Government of India, September 1902 - March 1903;

• renewal of the proposal by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, advancing many
reasons for the increased desirability of a telegraph service, March 1908;

• papers concerning a site for the wireless station, including sketch map (ff. 16-17), May
- August 1912;

• papers relating to cost of building, testing of the ground, and preparation of
estimates, August - September 1912;

• proposed removal of stone from Phoenician tombs for use in building the station, and use
of stone from old Portuguese fort, July - December 1914;

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