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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/505-537

1. IOR/R/15/2/505

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/505
Title:
‘File 13/1 I Aerodrome at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to the establishment of an aerodrome at Bahrain, for the use of the British air transport operator Imperial Airways Limited. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior until No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1932-26 Mar 1934
Extent:
1 volume (147 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/506

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/506
Title:
‘File 13/1 Silting of Dubai Creek’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file is related to the silting up of a creek at Dubai, which is of potential concern for flying boats following the Arab coast route, if they want to stop at Dubai. The file contains an assessment of the creek, made in 1941, by a chartered civil engineer named Bernard Wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1939-7 Jun 1941
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/507

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/507
Title:
‘File 13/2 VII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the negotiation of new or continuing civil air agreements between British Government representatives and the Sheikhs of Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Arnold Crawshaw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
20 Sep 1945-25 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/508

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/508
Title:
‘File 13/2 VIII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the implementation of civil air agreements, and the use of air facilities, at Britain’s aerodromes along the Arab coast (chiefly Bahrain (Muharraq), but also at Sharjah, Kuwait, and Qatar) in the period directly following the Second World War. The principal correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1946-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (284 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/509

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/509
Title:
‘File 13/2 A Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms. Routine correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file relates to fuelling instructions at the aerodrome in Bahrain. A copy of a letter from the Branch Manager of the BP [British Petroleum] Aviation Service, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 20 March 1949 (f 4), states that the company will permit fuelling of aircraft whil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1949-23 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/510

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/510
Title:
‘File 13/3 BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] services’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the introduction, maintenance and withdrawal of air services operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in the Gulf, stopping at Bahrain, Sharjah or Dubai. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (numerous incumbe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1932-20 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (226 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/511

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/511
Title:
‘File 13/4 I Facilities for foreign air companies to use Arabian Air Route’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence relating to requests from foreign airlines – chiefly the Dutch company Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) and Air France – to use the air route following the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and its aerodrome facilities at Bahrain, Gwadur [Gwādar, then a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
22 Sep 1932-30 Nov 1937
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/512

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/512
Title:
‘File 13/4 II Facilities for Foreign Air Company’s using Arabian Air Route’
Scope & Content:
The volume is a continuation of ‘File 13/4 I Facilities for foreign air companies to use Arabian Air Route’ (IOR/R/15/2/511) and contains correspondence relating to the authorisation of foreign aircraft to use the air route following the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and the route’s aerodrome ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Dec 1937-13 Apr 1942
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/513

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/513
Title:
‘File 13/4 III: Facilities for Foreign Companies using Arab Route’
Scope & Content:
The file, which is a continuation of correspondence in the volume ‘File 13/4 II Facilities for Foreign Air Company’s using Arabian Air Route’ (IOR/R/15/2/512), deals chiefly with the use of air facilities around the Arabian peninsula by United States aircraft during the Second World War. The fil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 May 1942-4 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/514
Title:
‘File 13/5 Assistance to Imperial Airways & Accidents to their Craft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence on a number of different, air-related matters, and is not restricted to air accidents suffered by Imperial Airways aircraft. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Political Agent in Bahrain, and the Political Off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1933-5 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (183 folios)