'File 6/45 Licensing of motor cars and driving rules - correspondence regarding'

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 An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 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 An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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 An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 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.

Extent and format

1 file (120 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. 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.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1263

Former external reference(s)

File 6/45

History of this record

Date(s)

20 Feb 1934-5 Apr 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Persian Gulf Political ResidencyGovernment of Bahrain, Āl Khalīfa dynastyBahrain Petroleum CompanyBritish Overseas Airways CorporationUnited States Consulate, DharhanRAF Basrah, airbase

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