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Project / Collection India Office Records Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Petrol

1. IOR/L/PS/10/1206/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1206/2
Title:
File 595/1927 Pt 3 ‘Air Route to India: Petrol Barge at Ras-al-Khaimah’
Scope & Content:
This part contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams, extracts, and minutes regarding the south Persia [Iran] air route to India. The papers notably cover the following: Conflict at Ras-al-Khaimah [Ra’s al-Khaymah] on the Trucial Coast of the Persian Gulf, in connection with the arran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 May 1930-10 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 item (150 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1951

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1951
Title:
Coll 5/6 ‘Muscat-Aden Air Route: Survey of Masirah Island’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the establishment of facilities along the southern coast of Oman for a proposed Muscat-Aden air route. It predominantly consists of reports on expeditions to establish (or repair) landing grounds and petrol storage facilities at the following locations: Masirah Island,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1931-18 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (169 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3970

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3970
Title:
Coll 30/226 'ACTIVITIES of ASSOCIATED ETHYL CO.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns enquiries by representatives of the Associated Ethyl Company Limited, London, into the possibilities in the Persian Gulf for the manufacture of tetra-ethyl-lead and the recovery of bromine from seawater. Ethyl-lead was required as a booster for petrol, and an India Office minut...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1947-21 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)