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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/264
Title:: ‘File 7/2 II Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
Scope & Content:: The volume is a continuation of correspondence from ‘File 7/2 I Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’ (IOR/R/15/2/263), its contents relating to ongoing negotiations between Arab rulers and the British Government and Royal Air Force on the installation and maintenance of air facilities along ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 18 Apr 1934-19 Mar 1935
Extent:: 1 volume (264 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/265
Title:: ‘File 7/2 III Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
Scope & Content:: The volume is a continuation of correspondence from ‘File 7/2 II Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’ (IOR/R/15/2/264), its contents relating to ongoing negotiations between Arab rulers and the British Government, Royal Air Force, and Imperial Airways, on the installation and maintenance of ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 24 Mar 1935-19 Dec 1935
Extent:: 1 volume (251 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/266
Title:: ‘File 7/2 IV R.A.F. Landing Grounds & Anchorages’
Scope & Content:: The volume’s correspondence and other papers relate to the construction of air facilities along the Arab coast of the Gulf, and as such is a continuation of volumes IOR/R/15/2/263-265. The principal correspondents in the volume are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel T...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 16 Dec 1935-18 Aug 1936
Extent:: 1 volume (265 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/267
Title:: ‘File 7/2 V Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
Scope & Content:: The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to ongoing negotiations with various Shaikhs on the Arab coast, for the installation of aerodrome facilties for use by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Imperial Airways. The principal correspondents in the file are Captain Tom Hickinbotham...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 13 Aug 1936-29 Jul 1937
Extent:: 1 volume (319 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/268
Title:: ‘File 7/2 VI Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
Scope & Content:: The volume’s letters, telegrams and other papers relate to the installation, maintenance and extension of British air facilities along the Arab coast of the Gulf. The principle correspondents in the file are the Political Resident, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Officer on the Tru...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 5 Aug 1937-30 Apr 1942
Extent:: 1 volume (298 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/269
Title:: ‘File 7/3 Scope and functions of F/Lt. Finch at Sharjah’
Scope & Content:: Correspondence in the file relates to the appointment of Flight Lieutenant Finch of the Royal Air Force to Sharjah, to assist in the construction of the rest house at the Sharjah aerodrome. Fluent in Arabic, Finch was warned by the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle) no...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 24 Nov 1932-13 Jun 1933
Extent:: 1 file (7 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/271
Title:: ‘File 7/5 Proposal to base R.A.F. squadron in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence and blueprint plans, related to the acquisition of land at Muharraq for the establishment of a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Bahrain. The plan to establish an RAF squadron at Bahrain was precipitated by the relocation of Squadron 203 from Basra to Aden, with Bahra...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 27 Jun 1935-29 Nov 1943
Extent:: 1 file (109 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/272
Title:: ‘File 7/5 A Customs duties on R.A.F. stores’
Scope & Content:: The file’s correspondence concerns an agreement to exempt customs duty on imports (particularly of oil and petrol) to the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Muharraq in Bahrain. The key correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, from October 1937 to October 1940, M...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 3 Nov 1938-8 Nov 1942
Extent:: 1 file (48 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/273
Title:: ‘File 7/6 Proposal to construct ammunition dump at Bahrain & Sharjah’
Scope & Content:: The file’s contents concern the establishment of an ammunition and bomb store at the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome at Sharjah. Mention is made of the requirement for a bomb store at the RAF base at Bahrain at the beginning of the file, but it does not constitute a significant part of the file....
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 27 Feb 1935-26 Feb 1941
Extent:: 1 file (68 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/274
Title:: ‘File 7/9 Unauthorised flights by RAF’
Scope & Content:: The file’s correspondence, papers and other items relate to unauthorised flights and emergency landings in Saudi territory by British aircraft. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Agent in Kuwait (these two posts being held by a number of in...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 18 Jan 1936-17 May 1942
Extent:: 1 file (58 folios)

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