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1. IOR/R/15/6/72-121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/72-121
Title:
File 2: Aviation
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘Aviation’ covers the signing of Civil Air Agreements between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman between 1934 and 1947, and the establishment of landing grounds at various sites in the Sultan’s territories. The landing grounds were established as a war me...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, and French
Date Range:
1926-1951
Extent:
50 files and volumes (5484 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/77
Title:
File 2/3 5203. AVIATION. Kuria Muria Islands- Information Regarding.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding gathering information related to the present conditions of the Kuria Muria Islands and the names of the leading chiefs or notables inhabiting them. The file also contains correspondence regarding the transfer of control of Kuria Muria Islands from the A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1926-10 Jul 1936
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/105
Title:
'File 2/24 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE (3R) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Murbat’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the proposal of the Headquarters of the British Forces, Aden, to send by an Admiralty tanker 900 cases of petrol and fifty drums of oil to Murbat, Oman. The Sultan of Muscat and Oman was to give permission to the Wali of Murbat to arrange for the proced...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1935-12 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/75
Title:
‘File 2/1 Aviation: Landing ground at Gwadur.’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file is related to the request of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to obtain permission from the Government of Muscat and Oman to install refuelling facilities at Gwadur (Also Gwadar) landing ground. The main correspondents in the file are the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1928-15 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/95
Title:
'File 2/18 R. A. F. Landing Ground at KHOR JARAMA’
Scope & Content:
The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters, related to the landing ground at Khor Jarama. The correspondence in the file reports on the following issues taking place at Khor Jarama: refining water; moorings; stocking petrol and arranging dhaws [dhows, sailing vessels] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1937-24 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/118
Title:
‘File 2/42 AIR AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.K. & FRENCH GOVT.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning a draft agreement between the British and the French governments for the purpose of establishing certain reciprocal facilities for the operation of military flights in or over their territories. The file includes draft copies of the agreement in Englis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
26 Jul 1946-11 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/90
Title:
File 2/15 British Consulate Muscat Masirah and Salalah landing grounds
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Shaikh of Masirah, Khamis bin Hilal Al-Maj‘ali and Sayyid Shihab bin Faysal Al-Bu Sa‘idi regarding the objection of some locals to the erection of the Royal Air Force (RAF) store at Masirah Island. The majority of the correspondence in the file is rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1932-19 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/103
Title:
‘File 2/23 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3M) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Shinas’
Scope & Content:
The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters, related to exploring the possibility of a landing ground at Shinas for the use of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The landing ground was for emergency landing and presumably a petrol dump. The file also includes correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1933-19 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (80 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/81
Title:
File 2/6 II/A-8- Volume II. Karachi - Aden Civil Air Route.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports related to the agreement between the British and the Muscat and Oman governments to build air facilities/landing grounds at Salalah, Masirah and Ras al-Hadd and the use of those grounds by the Royal Air Force as a war measure. The volume also c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1942-5 May 1942
Extent:
1 volume (262 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/110
Title:
‘File 2/32 ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT AIR FACILITIES’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the negotiation of either the acquisition or lease of a base at Masirah Island. The British Government acquired a base either by the purchase or exchange of Masirah Island for Kuria Muria or the lease of wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1944-12 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)