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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Place Bahrain, Persian Gulf, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1972

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1972
Title:
Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to negotiations surrounding the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934) between the British Government and the Government of Bahrain, along with subsequent amendments and renewals, and issues arising from the implementation of the agreement. Occasional referen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1932-19 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (542 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1973

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1973
Title:
Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing Ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement; Cessation of "C" class service’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the provision of civil air services to Bahrain. It therefore covers a range of related topics such as the amendment and renewal of the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement, money due to the Ruler of Bahrain under the agreement, amendments to landing fees, aviat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1945-26 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (173 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1975

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1975
Title:
Coll 5/25 ’Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Bahrain Civil Air Agreement – Landing Ground at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from R Dewhurst, Director of Accounts in the Commonwealth Relations Office, addressed to the Manager of the Eastern Bank Limited. It details the sums due to the Shaikh of Bahrain under the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement for the lease of the aerodrome and services operated ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1949
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/1980

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1980
Title:
Coll 5/30 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Procedure in connection with provision of civil aerodromes etc; Agreements between H.M.G. and local rulers along the Arabian Coast; Special authorisations’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and related notes on the drafting of general procedures for the provision of air facilities along the Arabian Coast Air Route, which would form the civil air agreements for Bahrain, Kuwait (also spelt Koweit), and Muscat. Numerous copies of the proposed draft agr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1933-30 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (393 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/1981

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1981
Title:
Coll 5/31 ‘Air Route to India: Prohibition of private flights along the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes on the subject of private (or chartered) flights through the Persian Gulf states in special treaty relations with the British Government, these states being: Bahrain, Kuwait (also spelt Koweit), Muscat (Oman), and Sharjah. Prior to 1946, the corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Jun 1933-3 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (622 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/1986

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1986
Title:
Coll 5/34 ‘Meteorological Stations in Persian Gulf: Bahrain & Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and related notes on the provision of accommodation in the Sharjah Rest House for observers of the Indian Meteorological Department; the observers at Sharjah were to be transferred from Muscat. It also contains some discussion over the future of the observatories...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1934-18 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/1998

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1998
Title:
Coll 5/45 ‘Persian Gulf: Replacement of sea-plane unit in the Persian Gulf by a land-plane unit based on Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a proposal to transfer Royal Air Force No 203 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron from Basra to Bahrain, and in the process convert the unit from seaplanes to landplanes. It also documents the postponement of this transfer, as a result of the outbreak of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1935-10 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/2052

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2052
Title:
Coll 5/85 ‘Airfield at Dharan for U.S.A.A.F.: Proposal to construct new airport at Bahrain (Hamala)’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for the construction of an airfield – suitable for very heavy bombers – at Dhahran by the United States Army Air Transport Command as a wartime necessity, and applications from the United States to the United Kingdom for the latters support in obtaining permi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1944-14 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (259 folios)