'File 36/28 Quotas of Motor Spare Parts Fixed for Bahrain and Trucial Coast'

Content

This file contains correspondence related to the supply of spare car parts in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

The correspondence in the file is primarily between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain; the State Engineers Department of the Government of Bahrain and the 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. Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Sharjah. Also enclosed are number 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 Bahraini merchants and the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī. Some of this correspondence is in Arabic (with English translations).

Extent and format

1 file (292 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 292; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-281; 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/15/2/1780

Former external reference(s)

English Office Files: 36/28

History of this record

Date(s)

23 Dec 1942-27 Sep 1944 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Spare partsCars

People & organisations

Trucial Coast Political AgencyGovernment of Bahrain, State Engineer

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'File 36/28 Quotas of Motor Spare Parts Fixed for Bahrain and Trucial Coast', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1780, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000203> [accessed 14 September 2024]

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