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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Language Arabic Name RAF Muharraq, British airbase, 1943-1971

1. IOR/R/15/2/262

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/262
Title:
‘File 7/1 III R.A.F. air bases – Muharraq’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents are related to the acquisition by the RAF of a plot of land in between the existing RAF and civil aerodromes on Muharraq island. The principle correspondents in the file are the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and the Political Agent in Bahrain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1944-28 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/271

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)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1689-1692

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1689-1692
Title:
File 22 Meteorological
Scope & Content:
The meteorological correspondence subject files contain correspondence and papers relating to the set-up and day-to-day operation of the Bahrain meteorological observatory between 1927 and 1948. They also contain meteorological statistical data from the observatory (as well as corresponding mete...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1927-1950
Extent:
4 files (1001 folios)

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