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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Landing grounds Name AHQ, Iraq, 1941-1955

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1956

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1956
Title:
Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to two topics. The first topic is an attempt by the British Government to obtain permission for an emergency landing ground in Qatar during 1932. The second topic relates to the air facilities needed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1932-16 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (171 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1985

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1985
Title:
Coll 5/33(2) ‘AIR ROUTE TO INDIA: MUSCAT CIVIL AIR AGREEMENT (NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEW AGREEMENT)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes related to negotiations between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd, for a new Civil Air Agreement; Britain's aviation rights in Oman during the Second World War (1939-1945) had depended on a War Subsid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1945-2 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

3. 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)