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6251. IOR/R/15/2/647

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/647
Title:
File 27/2 II Etiquette
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to etiquette: letter to William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, commenting on a list of people to be invited to an 'Arab Dinner', following a discussion with Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. extract from a letter by Hug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1937-25 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

6252. IOR/R/15/2/648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/648
Title:
27/3 FLYING OF FLAGS ON ISLANDS OFF THE TRUCIAL COAST.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence relating to the flying of flags on Tamb island [Greater Tunb] and on Sirr Abu Nu'air [Şīr Bū Nu‘ayr]. In 1933 Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, encouraged the shaikhs of the Trucial Coast to fly their flags on these islands to preve...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1933-1 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

6253. IOR/R/15/2/649

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/649
Title:
File 27/4 DESIGNATION, STATUS, SALUTES OF POLITICAL OFFICERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the designation, status and salutes of British officials in the Gulf in the context of the transfer of responsibility from the India Office to the Foreign Office. Correspondents include Major Maurice O'Connor Tandy, Political Agent, Kuwait; Major Hugh Dunstan Rance, Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1947-21 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

6254. IOR/R/15/2/650

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/650
Title:
FLYING OF FLAGS BY COMPANIES AND PRIVATE PERSONS IN BAHRAIN.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the request from African and Eastern (Near East) Limited to Cornelius James Pelly, Political Agent, Bahrain, to fly the shipping company's house flag over their office when there is a ship in port. The Political Agent inquired to the Political Resident Persian Gulf, who ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1948-1 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

6255. IOR/R/15/2/651

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651
Title:
‘File 28/1 War – Miscellaneous’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence on a range of subjects associated both directly and indirectly with events and the impact of the Second World War. Key correspondents in the file include: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban; Edward...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1939-7 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (185 folios)

6256. 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

6257. 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

6258. IOR/R/15/2/651, f 49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651, f 49
Title:
Photograph of a truck with trailer and pipes. Photographer unknown.
Scope & Content:
Subject Matter: Photograph of a six-wheel flatbed truck with a four-wheel trailer attached, and loaded with long metal pipes, used by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Most of the truck’s cab is cropped out of the photograph’s right-hand edge, so that the truc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 b&w silver-gelatin print

6259. IOR/R/15/2/651, f 50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651, f 50
Title:
Photograph of a truck in the desert. Photographer unknown.
Scope & Content:
Subject Matter: Photograph of a six-wheel flatbed truck, used by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and situated in the middle distance of a desert scene. The truck is seen from behind and to one side, and is loaded with a cargo, including oil drums. The surroun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 b&w silver-gelatin print

6260. IOR/R/15/2/651, f 51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651, f 51
Title:
Photograph of a truck with trailer travelling on a dirt or sand track. Photographer unknown.
Scope & Content:
Subject Matter: The photograph shows a six-wheel flatbed truck, with four-wheel trailer attached, used by the California Arabian Standard Oil Company at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The truck is moving along a dirt or sand track, and is seen from the front, possibly from the rear window of another mov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 b&w silver-gelatin print

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