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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Subject Motor vehicles

21. IOR/R/15/2/1535

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1535
Title:
‘File 16/32 VII Correspondence with the Bushire Residency’
Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence exchanged between British offices in the Persian Gulf, chiefly the British Residency and Consulate-General in Bushire, and the Political Agency in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 VI Routine correspondence with Bushire Residency’ (I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1945-20 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/2/1544

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1544
Title:
‘File 16/37A-I Anti-Locust Measures’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to efforts, undertaken by representatives of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit (MEALU), to control desert locusts (first reported in western India in August 1942 (f 3)) along the Arab coast between Bahrain and Oman. The principal correspondents in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1942-18 May 1943
Extent:
1 file (448 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/2/1545

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1545
Title:
‘File 16/37 A II Anti Locust Measures’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to locust-control campaigns taking place on the Arabian peninsula and in southern Persia [Iran] between May 1943 and September 1944. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/37A-I Anti-Locust Measures’ (IOR/R/15/2/1544). The pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 May 1943-24 Apr 1952
Extent:
1 file (440 folios)

24. IOR/R/15/2/1573

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1573
Title:
‘File 16/61 Complaints from the Public’
Scope & Content:
Letters and other papers relating to complaints made to the Political Agency in Bahrain: complaints from individuals over ration cards issued by the Manama Municipality, and missing ration cards or numbers; commercial and contractual complaints between employees and employers, in relation to wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1945-18 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/2/1579

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1579
Title:
‘File 16/67 Publicity Dodge Truck’
Scope & Content:
Two items of correspondence with file notes, concerning the use of a Dodge truck belonging to the Public Relations Office in the Persian Gulf. The first letter states that the truck be used exclusively by the cinema operator and for broadcasting (folio 2). The second letter prohibits the truck’s ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1945-14 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/2/1617

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1617
Title:
File 17/15 Government property: advances for the purchase and upkeep of cars
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the financial arrangements and rules for purchasing motor cars for the use of Government Officials in the Persian Gulf. Comprising: correspondence regarding the need for motor cars, interest to be repaid on advances, and repayment schedules, between: the Political Agent in the P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1933-25 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (305 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/2/1618

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1618
Title:
File 17/15 II Government Property: Advances for the purchase and up-keep of cars
Scope & Content:
Circular issued by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, distributing a copy of Government of India Finance Department Memorandum D 7526-N/46, advising that Government servants may be granted advances for the purchase of motor cars.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

28. IOR/R/15/2/1990

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1990
Title:
‘Transport requirements; Truck for office’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the shipment from Basra to Bahrain of a Dodge truck for use by the Public Relations Office in Bahrain, and the shipment in the opposite direction of a Hudson saloon car. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Public Relations Officer in Basra (M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1945-13 Jan 1947
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/6/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/293
Title:
File 8/97 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SULTAN OF MUSCAT.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the purchase of motor vehicles for the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the Muscat Infantry. It begins with enquiries made by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on behalf of the Sultan, following the Sultan's initial request to purchase se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1947-14 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (89 folios)