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6261. IOR/R/15/2/651, f 52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651, f 52
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 behind, possibly from the rear window of another moving...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 b&w silver-gelatin print

6262. IOR/R/15/2/651, f 53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/651, f 53
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

6263. 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

6264. IOR/R/15/2/652

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/652
Title:
‘File 28/1 A Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited – standing orders for their guards’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises letters sent by representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), generally the Chief Local Representative, John S Black, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), enclosing copies of standing orders issued to their guards and security personnel for the defen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1939-25 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

6265. IOR/R/15/2/653

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/653
Title:
‘File 28/1 B 1. Gift of £30,000 of Shaikh of Bahrain to the British Government; 2. Purchase of fighter aircraft; 3. Persian Gulf Fighter Fund’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to a financial gift made to the British Government by the Ruler of Bahrain, and a fund set up for the purchase of fighter plans for the Persian Gulf: correspondence relating to the receipt and cashing of a gift of £30,000 made by the Ruler of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1939-23 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

6266. IOR/R/15/2/654

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/654
Title:
‘File 28/1 C Ammunition for Bahrain Government’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to a consignment of 100,000 rounds of ammunition given to the Government of Bahrain as a gift by the Government of India. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); the Political Resident in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1939-18 Oct 1945
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

6267. IOR/R/15/2/655

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/655
Title:
‘File 28/1 D Local Volunteer Defence Force. British N.C.O. Instructors for Defence Force’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the institution, running and disbandment of the Bahrain Local Defence Volunteers (LDV), as well as Air Raid Precautions (ARP) being taken in Bahrain. Key correspondents in the file include the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1940-19 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (104 folios)

6268. IOR/R/15/2/656

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/656
Title:
‘File 28/1 E Defence Officer, Persian Gulf. Station Commander Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the recruitment, particulars and activities of a Defence Officer for the Persian Gulf. Key correspondents in the file include the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman; Major Reginald George Evelin William Alban) and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1939-10 May 1944
Extent:
1 file (148 folios)

6269. IOR/R/15/2/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/657
Title:
‘File 28/1 G Bahrain Special Police’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to the day-to-day organisation of the Bahrain Special Police, occasionally referred to as the Bahrain Defence Force, including arrangements for recruitment, training, pay, provisions, expenses, etc. The principal correspondents in the file are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1939-27 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (130 folios)

6270. IOR/R/15/2/658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/658
Title:
‘File 28/1 H Proposal for provision of Indian Infantry Company for Bahrain defence’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises three items: a copy of a telegram (f 2) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay) to the Political Agent in Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) dated 28 May 1940. The Resident states that he is considering requesting a company of Indian infan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1940-29 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

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