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IOR/R/15/2/739, f 8
- Record Id:
- 041-003047445
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648567.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026553678.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/739, f 8
- Title:
- Sketch of the site of a motorcycle accident
- Scope & Content:
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The sketch is of an aerial view of a road outside Manama, Bahrain (Belgrave road) on which a motorcycle accident occurred on 15 October 1942. The sketch accompanies a report of the accident, written by the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, addressed to the Political Agent at Bahrain and dated 5 November 1942. It is assumed that the sketch was drawn by Belgrave.
The sketch indicates: the roadway, with palace gardens on its eastern edge and new cultivation on its western edge, the location of a drainage ditch being dug across the road, and indications of the position of protective barriers and lights, intended to alert motorists to the presence of the ditch.
- 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
037-000228401
038-000228946
040-000229035
041-003047445 - 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/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/651-765 : File 28 [Second World] War
IOR/R/15/2/739 : ‘File 28/44 Miscellaneous correspondence – Town Major’
IOR/R/15/2/739, f 8 : Sketch of the site of a motorcycle accident - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0033]/038-000228946[0089]/040-000229035[0001]/041-003047445
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 sketch
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100026553678.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1942
- End Date:
- 1942
- Date Range:
- Nov 1942
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 250 mm x 167 mm.
Materials: Pencil on paper.
Foliation: The sketch is foliated in the top right corner with a circled pencil number. An uncircled folio number is part of an earlier foliation system, and should be disregarded.
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)