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281. IOR/R/15/2/596

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/596
Title:
‘19/9 Mlle. CORBIAU’
Scope & Content:
This file concerns finding a temporary home in Bahrain for a female Belgian artist named Mademoiselle Corbiau who wishes to visit there to earn money by painting portraits. The correspondents in the file include: Ernest Vincent Packer, Petroleum Concession Limited, Bahrain; Cornelius James Pelly,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1945-19 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

282. IOR/R/15/2/271, f 105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/271, f 105
Title:
‘Bisaitin Moharraq. Northern Foreshore. Plan B’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Map showing landing ground near Bisaitin (Busaiteen) village with plots of land labelled for reference and owners’ names given. Blueprint prepared in the Land Department with extensive additions in black ink, and red and blue crayon indicating the proposed development at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 map

283. IOR/R/15/2/651, f 47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651, f 47
Title:
Photograph of a flatbed truck. Photographer unknown.
Scope & Content:
Subject Matter: View of a six-wheel flatbed truck, manufactured by the Autocar Company, USA, and used by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The truck is stationary and stands on a sandy surface.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 b&w silver gelatin print

284. IOR/R/15/2/651, f 48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651, f 48
Title:
Photograph of a flatbed truck. Photographer unknown.
Scope & Content:
Subject Matter: View of a six-wheel flatbed truck, manufactured by the Autocar Company, USA, and used by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The truck is stationary and stands on a sandy surface. The photograph is identical, but is a mirror image on the x-axis, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 b&w silver-gelatin print

285. IOR/R/15/2/823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/823
Title:
File 32/18 Influence of 'Al Ansar' Movement in Bahrain and Entry of Iranian Publications Attacking Shi'ah Faith
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that is related to two distinct topics as follows: an underground, Pan-Arab and Islamic organisation called Al Ansar. This organisation is said to have been active throughout the Arab world, especially in Egypt. Two Bahrainis that were ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1946-14 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

286. IOR/R/15/2/843

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/843
Title:
File 34/5 Correspondence Regarding Salaries, Leave etc., of Egyptian and Syrian Teachers in Employment of the Bahrain Govt
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials that relates to administrative matters concerning the hiring, pay and travel (to/from Bahrain) of Egyptian and Syrian teachers employed by the Government of Bahrain. Of particular interest are the following: Correspondence between Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1946-17 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (102 folios)

287. IOR/R/15/2/260, f 218

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/260, f 218
Title:
Tracing copy of plan ‘JUFAIR. No. 1’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: A tracing of a plan based on a provisional survey carried out on 22 July 1934 enclosed with a copy of a ‘Report on areas acquired in Bahrein’ by Major K.M. Papworth (folios 210-211). Shows the extent of the land designated for the Naval Base situated at Ras Al Jufair abo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 map

288. IOR/R/15/2/260, f 219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/260, f 219
Title:
Tracing copy of plan ‘JUFAIR. No. 2’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: A tracing of a plan based on a provisional survey carried out on 22 July 1934 enclosed to a copy of a ‘Report on areas acquired in Bahrein’ by Major K.M. Papworth (folios 210-211). Shows the extent of the land designated for the Naval Base situated at Ras Al Jufair about...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:

1 map

289. IOR/R/15/2/532, f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/532, f 4
Title:
Plan of air station at Sharjah
Scope & Content:
Copy of a plan of the aerodrome at Sharjah, originally enclosed with a letter from the Political Residency to the Bahrain Political Agent, dated 7 May 1949 (f 104). The map has been traced or reproduced from the map of the RAF station at folio 3, although this map is entitled ‘Sharjah’ instead o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
1 map

290. IOR/R/15/2/651, f 59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651, f 59
Title:
‘Comparative tire [tyre] sections used on Fords in Arabia’
Scope & Content:
The diagram shows tire [tyre] sections of Ford trucks used by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company in Saudi Arabia, for the following tyre makes and models: Goodyear Air Wheel; Dunlop; Royal Atlas; Firestone (English); Goodrich Silvertown (American, spelt Slivertown in the diagram). The d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1940]
Extent:
1 diagram

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