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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Name AHQ, Iraq, 1941-1955

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1956

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1956
Title:
Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to two topics. The first topic is an attempt by the British Government to obtain permission for an emergency landing ground in Qatar during 1932. The second topic relates to the air facilities needed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1932-16 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (171 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1985

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1985
Title:
Coll 5/33(2) ‘AIR ROUTE TO INDIA: MUSCAT CIVIL AIR AGREEMENT (NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEW AGREEMENT)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes related to negotiations between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd, for a new Civil Air Agreement; Britain's aviation rights in Oman during the Second World War (1939-1945) had depended on a War Subsid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1945-2 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1995

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1995
Title:
Coll 5/41 ‘Persian Gulf: RAF fuel barge at Ras.al.Khaimah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small amount of correspondence between the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, Air Headquarters (Iraq), the Foreign Office, and the India Office, respecting thirteen-month of arrears in the rent due to the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1934-22 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2043

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2043
Title:
Coll 5/81 ‘Facilities for U.S. Air Transport Corps at Bahrein and Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to the provision of facilities for the United States Air Transport Command at both Bahrain and Sharjah. This includes policy and strategy discussions over how best to maintain British control of the Arabian Coast Air Route; British planners feared that the United...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1943-9 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (144 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2045

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2045
Title:
Coll 5/83 ‘Re-Fuelling facilities for R.A.F and USATC at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers concerning refuelling arrangements for the Royal Air Force (RAF), the United States Army Transport Command (USATC), and the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), during the Second World War (1939-1945) and into the post-war period. In particular, the distribution ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1944-10 Oct 1947
Extent:
1 file (213 folios)