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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/275
Title:: ‘File 7/10 Mishaps to R.A.F. aircraft’
Scope & Content:: The letters, telegrams and other papers in the file relate to various forced landings or crashes of Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft, as well as other incidents involving the RAF, in and around the Gulf, during and immediately after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file ar...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 2 Oct 1940-14 May 1946
Extent:: 1 file (96 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/276
Title:: ‘File 7/11 Flights of unidentified aircraft’
Scope & Content:: The file contains letters, telegrams and other papers relating to unidentified aircraft either seen or heard over the Arab coast during the Second World War, and the emergency landing of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Abu Dhabi in May 1944. Correspondence is sent and received by a host of British off...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 14 Nov 1940-30 Oct 1944
Extent:: 1 file (52 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/283
Title:: ‘File 7/18 RAF Levies (Sharjah & Dubai)’
Scope & Content:: The file’s contents relate to the employment of askari guards (local soldiers) employed as security personnel in the Royal Air Force Levy Corps at the RAF base at Sharjah, and in particular to the discipline of these askaris, and incidents of theft from the RAF base allegedly involving askaris. ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 4 Feb 1943-6 Feb 1947
Extent:: 1 file (66 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/284
Title:: ‘File 7/20 Petrol dhow at Ras-al-Khaimah’
Scope & Content:: The papers in the file relate to the Royal Air Force’s [RAF] decision to abandon the lease of a petrol dhow for seaplane refuelling at Ra’s al-Khaymah, originally agreed with the Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah, and the British Overseas Airways Corporation’s [BOAC] arrangements to take over lease for t...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 24 Aug 1942-22 Aug 1943
Extent:: 1 file (20 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/286
Title:: ‘File 7/23 Emergency landing grounds at T.C. [Trucial Coast]’
Scope & Content:: The file’s contents relate to the maintenance and continued use of Royal Air Force (RAF) emergency landing grounds along the Arab coast of the Gulf, and in particular those at Abu Dhabi, Bani Yas island [Şīr Banī Yās] and Doha. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in B...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 7 Mar 1944-12 Jul 1948
Extent:: 1 file (57 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/293
Title:: ‘File 7/33 Demonstration flights over Trucial Coast by R.A.F. bombers from Air Head Quarters Iraq’
Scope & Content:: The file’s correspondence and other papers concern a demonstration by Royal Air Force [RAF] aircraft, which took place over the Trucial Coast (including Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah) in June 1949. The correspondents in the file include the Political Resident at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel William...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 28 May 1949-16 Jul 1949
Extent:: 1 file (17 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/294-341
Title:: File 8 Reports and Returns
Scope & Content:: The files consist of collated periodicals produced by various military and governmental offices and containing intelligence on a wide range of subjects, all of which were sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the files include the related correspondence. The geographic focus of the fil...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:: 1922-1950
Extent:: 48 files (6052 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/323
Title:: File 8/22 Eastern Aden Protectorate Intelligence Summaries
Scope & Content:: The file contains periodic intelligence summaries for the East Aden Protectorate. From the beginning of January 1941 to the end of May 1941 the reports are weekly. From June 1941 they become monthly. The reports are composed by the Resident Adviser, based in Mukalla. Each report consists of an ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: Jan 1941-Sep 1945
Extent:: 1 file (284 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/336
Title:: File 8/43 Persian Gulf Newsletter
Scope & Content:: The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission by the British Government of a monthly Persian Gulf newsletter to the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) for the latter's Arabic Service. The correspondence is between: the Political Agents at Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat; ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 20 Jan 1947-1 Nov 1948
Extent:: 1 file (283 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/342-387
Title:: File 9 Trade and Commerce
Scope & Content:: The forty-six volumes and files forming the 'Trade and Commerce' subject files were produced by the Confidential Office at the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of the files and volumes date from 1928-1950. The 'Trade and Commerce' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Polit...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 1928-1950
Extent:: 46 files and volumes (4028 folios)

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