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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/259-293

11. IOR/R/15/2/269

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/269
Title:
‘File 7/3 Scope and functions of F/Lt. Finch at Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the file relates to the appointment of Flight Lieutenant Finch of the Royal Air Force to Sharjah, to assist in the construction of the rest house at the Sharjah aerodrome. Fluent in Arabic, Finch was warned by the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle) no...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1932-13 Jun 1933
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/2/270

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/270
Title:
‘File 7/4 Night flying training in Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file relates to a request made by 203 RAF Squadron at Basra, to carry out night-time flying practice, involving two flying boats for a period of ten days, at Bahrain. The Political Agent, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Loch, replied by stating that the ruler, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1934-22 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

13. 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)

14. IOR/R/15/2/272

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/272
Title:
‘File 7/5 A Customs duties on R.A.F. stores’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence concerns an agreement to exempt customs duty on imports (particularly of oil and petrol) to the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Muharraq in Bahrain. The key correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman, from October 1937 to October 1940, M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1938-8 Nov 1942
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/2/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/273
Title:
‘File 7/6 Proposal to construct ammunition dump at Bahrain & Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the establishment of an ammunition and bomb store at the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome at Sharjah. Mention is made of the requirement for a bomb store at the RAF base at Bahrain at the beginning of the file, but it does not constitute a significant part of the file....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1935-26 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/2/274

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/274
Title:
‘File 7/9 Unauthorised flights by RAF’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence, papers and other items relate to unauthorised flights and emergency landings in Saudi territory by British aircraft. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Agent in Kuwait (these two posts being held by a number of in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1936-17 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/2/275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/275
Title:
‘File 7/10 Mishaps to R.A.F. aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The letters, telegrams and other papers in the file relate to various forced landings or crashes of Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft, as well as other incidents involving the RAF, in and around the Gulf, during and immediately after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1940-14 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (96 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/2/276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/276
Title:
‘File 7/11 Flights of unidentified aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams and other papers relating to unidentified aircraft either seen or heard over the Arab coast during the Second World War, and the emergency landing of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Abu Dhabi in May 1944. Correspondence is sent and received by a host of British off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1940-30 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/2/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/277
Title:
‘File 7/12 Protection of aerodromes by levies’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents concern the establishment of companies of levy corps to protect Royal Air Force (RAF) bases in the Gulf. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield until October 1943, Major Tom Hickinbotham from October 1943 to March 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1942-23 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 volume (250 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/2/278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/278
Title:
‘File 7/12 II Protection of aerodromes by levies (and locally recruited guards)’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the withdrawal of Royal Air Force (RAF) levies from the RAF bases at Bahrain and Sharjah in response to the end of the Second World War, and subsequent arrangements to replace the levies with guards to maintain security at these bases. The principal correspondents in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1945-24 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)