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

31. IOR/R/15/2/289

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/289
Title:
‘File 7/27 Closing down of Royal Air Force station, Muharraq in 1947 and arrangements for maintaining and servicing Muharraq aerodrome’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence and other papers relate to the cessation of Royal Air Force (RAF) activities at Muharraq, as well as at Sharjah. Correspondence takes place between the Political Resident and Political Agent, and various representatives of the RAF and civil aviation authorities. The corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1947-17 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/2/290

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/290
Title:
‘File 7/28 Payment of toll gate fees by R.A.F.’
Scope & Content:
The contents of the file relate to a proposal (folio 1B) made by the Political Agent at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield) to the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) that a monthly fee be paid by the RAF to allow their vehicles to cross the Manama-Muharraq causeway, in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1942-13 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/2/291

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/291
Title:
‘File 7/29 Accidental discharge of machine guns of R.A.F. aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to an incident involving the accidental discharge of machine gun from an RAF plane at Muharraq. The incident was reported by Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah to Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government, who in turn reported the matter to the Political ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1944-22 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/2/292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/292
Title:
‘File 7/32 Use of Muharraq aerodrome and other RAF aerodromes by U.S.A.A.F. [United States Army Air Forces]’
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file concern the British Government’s decision to permit United States military aircraft use of British military airfields around the world. Correspondence exchanged principally between the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), the Bahrain Political Agent (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1948-21 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/2/293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/293
Title:
‘File 7/33 Demonstration flights over Trucial Coast by R.A.F. bombers from Air Head Quarters Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence and other papers concern a demonstration by Royal Air Force [RAF] aircraft, which took place over the Trucial Coast (including Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah) in June 1949. The correspondents in the file include the Political Resident at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel William...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 May 1949-16 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)