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IOR/R/15/2/1263
- Record Id:
- 040-000229586
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003e6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100033147748.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1263
- Title:
- File 6/45 Licensing of motor cars and driving rules - correspondence regarding
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains correspondence relating to driving regulations and licensing in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), Political Agency in Bahrain, and the Office of Traffic Branch of the Bahrain State Police. Further correspondence is from the Director of Customs and Port Officer in Bahrain, Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), Royal Air Force (RAF) Headquarters in Basra, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), American Consulate in Dhahran, and the State Engineer in Bahrain.
The papers are concerned with several matters, including:
- licence renewal;
- taxi fares;
- illegal and dangerous driving by British military personnel;
- Political Officers' immunity from car taxation;
- BOAC's employee driving regulations;
- registration of Political Agency vehicles;
- standardisation of number plates;
- routine correspondence connected to payments of taxes.
Included in the file are the Bahrain Government's driving laws, in Arabic (folio 2).
Folios 107-121 are internal office notes.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000229279
038-000229522
040-000229586 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/963-1823 : Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/1200-1312 : File 6: Bahrain State
IOR/R/15/2/1263 : File 6/45 Licensing of motor cars and driving rules - correspondence regarding - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0006]/038-000229522[0064]/040-000229586
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (120 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0003e6
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 20 Feb 1934-5 Apr 1948
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 122; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-96; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- File 6/45
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)