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IOR/R/15/2/1624
- Record Id:
- 040-000229958
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000167
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100030266084.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1624
- Title:
- File 17/21 Purchase of a Pick up for the Trucial Coast
- Scope & Content:
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The file is concerned with the purchase in 1941 of a Ford Pickup (1939 model) from Khalil bin Ebrahim Kanoo for the use of the Trucial Coast Agency, along with subsequent repairs and acquisitions of replacement parts; of particular concern is the necessity of fitting desert tires to the pickup. Other companies involved include the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), and the shipping agents Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited. It therefore includes correspondence on the topic between the Bahrain Political Agent, and either the Residency Agent or the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast. The file also covers the sale of the pickup in 1946, and its replacement with a new Ford Super Deluxe model.
Folio 44 includes sketch diagrams of spring shackles (Nos. 3 and 4) dated 24 March 1945, required to repair the pickup. Additionally, a brief update — dated 20 September 1945 — on the Trucial Coast Shaikhs, and local VJ [Victory of Japan] Day celebrations can be found on folios 49-50; the update being provided by the Residency Agent based in Sharjah.
The Arabic language content consists of four folios (28-31) detailing expenditure on the Agency building in Sharjah, including the construction of a garage for the pickup truck.
- 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
038-000229928
040-000229958 - 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/15/2/1595-1630 : File 17: Government Property
IOR/R/15/2/1624 : File 17/21 Purchase of a Pick up for the Trucial Coast - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0017]/038-000229928[0030]/040-000229958
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (125 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000167
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 4 Sep 1941-4 May 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 127; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-126; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- English Office Files: File 17/21
- Arrangement:
- The file contents are arranged in loosely chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, with a set of file notes at the back between folios 103-126. Circled serial numbers written in either blue or red coloured crayon can be found throughout the file, and refer to entries in the notes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)