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1. IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3290

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3290
Title:
‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 41. PART II. (From 16th to 31st December 1917).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 31 December 1917. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these pape...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1917-31 Dec 1917
Extent:

1 volume (250 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1977

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1977
Title:
Coll 5/27 ‘Question of retention of right to use aerial bombing for police purposes’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and newspaper extracts related to the right of nations to utilise aerial bombardment for internal police purposes. It covers the attitude of the Iraqi and Afghan governments towards the use of air power in, or adjacent to, their territory. There is also some exam...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1933-29 Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C204
Title:
‘IRAQ COMMAND REPORT APRIL, 1924-NOVEMBER, 1926.’
Scope & Content:
This volume is a report submitted to the British Air Ministry by Air Vice-Marshal John Frederick Andrews Higgins. It consists of a chronological narrative of significant military events in Iraq during his time as Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Iraq, from April 1924 until November 1926...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1924-Nov 1926
Extent:

1 volume (34 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/669

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/669
Title:
‘File 28/1 P Visit of enemy aircraft to Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to an air raid carried out by Italian bombers over the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) refinery in Bahrain and the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) refinery at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] in Saudi Arabia, on the night...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1940-7 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/699

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/699
Title:
‘File 28/13 Black out and A.R.P. [Air Raid Precaution] measures in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, copies of official notices and regulations, and other papers, relating to air raid precautions and passive air defence measures taken in Bahrain throughout the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1940-22 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (314 folios)