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1. IOR/R/15/2/118-120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/118-120
Title:
File 7 Military and Marine
Scope & Content:
The Military and Marine files contain details of military affairs, especially concerning the Royal Air Force, affecting Bahrain and the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
3 files (478 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/259-293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/259-293
Title:
File 7 Royal Air Force
Scope & Content:
The files and volumes in the series deal with the activities of the Royal Air Force (RAF), and to a lesser extent Imperial Airways/British Overseas Airways Corporation, in the Gulf, before, during and after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the files are the numerous incumben...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1929-1950
Extent:
35 files and volumes (3,171 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/505

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/505
Title:
‘File 13/1 I Aerodrome at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to the establishment of an aerodrome at Bahrain, for the use of the British air transport operator Imperial Airways Limited. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior until No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1932-26 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 volume (147 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1676

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1676
Title:
File 21/4 Aerodrome at Bahrein [Bahrain] and Royal Air Force Landing Ground
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome and landing ground at Manama and Muharraq, respectively. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Office of the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Air Officer Commanding and the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1927-26 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (271 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1685

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1685
Title:
File 21/34 Casualties sustained by the labourers in the R. A. F. and Payment of Compensation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence relating to compensation payments to employees (or their families) who suffered injury or death while working at the Royal Air Force (RAF) camp in Bahrain. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Resident Agent at the RAF stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1945-7 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (188 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1718

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1718
Title:
File 28/14 II Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Ltd, Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives and recruiting agent, the Adviser to the Governement of Bahrain, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Protector of Emigrants at Bombay on the emplo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1939-9 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (366 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/72
Title:
File [IIA/1] II. AVIATION A. CIVIL AVIATION. (1) Civil Air Agreement with the Sultan.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, and letters between British officials and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman related to the signing of a civil air agreement between the two governments. The volume includes drafts of the Muscat Civil Air Agreement both in Arabic and in English (ff 13-30). These were sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 May 1934-15 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 volume (320 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/80
Title:
File 2/6 KARACHI - ADEN AIR ROUTE by IMPERIAL AIRWAYS (B.O.A.C). II-A/8
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, and reports related to the establishment of the Karachi-Aden, and the Muscat-Aden Air routes. The correspondence in the volume is also about the agreement between the Government of India and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 May 1941-8 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 volume (246 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/15/6/82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/82
Title:
File 2/6 Southern Arabian Air Route. II-A/8
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, and reports related to the air facilities/landing grounds at Salalah, Masirah and Ras al-Hadd used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a war measure. The correspondence is related to the arrangement for engineers and workers to be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1942-23 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 volume (169 folios)