'File 36/106 III Control of Motor Vehicles in Bahrain'

Content

This file contains correspondence regarding the importation of cars into Bahrain. This correspondence, some of which is in Arabic, primarily consists of letters to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain from local merchants, members of the ruling family, and other residents requesting permission to import cars into the country.

The file contains a limited amount of correspondence sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. by other inhabitants of the region outside of Bahrain, including members of the ruling families along the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

Extent and format

1 file (282 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate 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 282; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 2-210; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled but are not consistent.

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/15/2/1815

Former external reference(s)

36/106 III English Office Files: 36/106 III

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Oct 1948-19 Dec 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

CarsImports

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'File 36/106 III Control of Motor Vehicles in Bahrain', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1815, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000226> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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