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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Language Arabic Subject Civil aviation

1. 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)

2. IOR/R/15/2/505-537

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/505-537
Title:
File 13 Aviation
Scope & Content:
The confidential aviation subject files cover a range of topics related to the operation and maintenance by the British authorities of civil air operations in the Persian Gulf, concentrating chiefly on the Arab coast of the Gulf, and the aerodromes at Muharraq Island in Bahrain, and Sharjah, as ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1932-1950
Extent:
33 volumes and files (3,202 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/507
Title:
‘File 13/2 VII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the negotiation of new or continuing civil air agreements between British Government representatives and the Sheikhs of Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Arnold Crawshaw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
20 Sep 1945-25 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/742

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/742
Title:
‘File 28/48 Head: War. Priority Passages (Air)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and papers relating to requests for priority air passages, chiefly from Bahrain to Cairo, or from Karachi to Bahrain, which were received, processed and authorised through the Political Agency at Bahrain. The largest proportion of the file covers the p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1943-9 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/868

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/868
Title:
File 38/11 P. C. L. Planes
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the movement of company (Petroleum Concessions Limited) planes in the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are: representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and its subsidiary companies (Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited and Petroleum Develop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 May 1938-22 Apr 1950
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1677

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1677
Title:
File 21/20 Airways, Private Aviators
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to the traffic of private aircraft through the Persian Gulf region. The correspondents include: Political Agent at Bahrain; Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; British Consulate at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; Government of India, Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
12 Nov 1932-22 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (142 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1687

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1687
Title:
File 21/36 Miscellaneous correspondence with British Overseas Airways Corporation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the British Overseas Airways Corporation in Bahrain. Additional correspondence is from the Foreign Office and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain. The papers cover a range of matters, mostly of an o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1947-18 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (356 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/4/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/5
Title:
File 0436 Sharjah Air Agreement
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a renewal of the Sharjah Air Agreement between the British government and the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr [Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qasimī]. The correspondence is between the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast at Sharjah, Gordon Noel Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1948-28 Jan 1950
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/4/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/6
Title:
File 0436/2 Sharjah Air Agreement
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence covering negotiations over a renewal of the Sharjah Air Agreement. Particulars include matters of rent payments, an expansion of the runway, and proposed additions to the draft agreement in line with the Kuwait Air Navigation Regulations. The correspondence is be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1950-31 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/4/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/4/7
Title:
File 0436/51 Sharjah Air Agreement
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the renewal of the Sharjah Air Agreement, including drafts and a copy of the final agreement, signed on 15 November 1951. The correspondence is principally between the British Agency at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, the Political Residency...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1951-9 Dec 1951
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)